At nearly the final hour of bargaining, before a scheduled strike of 55,000 education support workers would have shut down most Ontario schools tomorrow, the government said a tentative agreement has been reached with the union after intense weekend bargaining.
At a news conference today, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the deal “will provide stability for children” and keep 2 million kids in the classroom.
He said he would not provide further details while the union members vote on the tentative contract, but that the government “brought forth a deal [so] that every party leaves the table with something that they wanted to advance.”…