The Ontario government is negotiating with its four teachers’ unions, which have been without a contract since August 2022. It was widely expected to be a challenging round of bargaining with the Progressive Conservative government.
Prior to the pandemic, unions engaged in job action – ranging from work-to-rule to one-day strikes – as tensions with the government rose. They reached agreements with the province just as the first wave of COVID-19 in 2020 led to school closings.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce has urged the unions to accept binding arbitration with the hopes of avoiding strikes.
The Globe and Mail looks at where each union is in with its negotiations with the province and school boards: