Union leaders of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation have voted to endorse a tentative agreement reached this week with the province. The OSSTF’s membership will vote on the agreement in September. Strike action has been suspended and the school year will start with extra curriculars. The agreement reportedly contains no changes to class sizes, assigned time, overtime workload or additional professional assignments. Teachers are scheduled to get a one per cent lump sum payment this year, and a one per cent raise in 2016. There will also be one additional P.A. day in the school year. How many is that now anyway?
1% is well below inflation
We go to work on PA days and to be honest I wish we had less of them as I prefer to be in the classroom. I actually enjoy the classroom aspect of teaching.