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04-07-2018, 07:27 AM
The Ontario government has quietly agreed to pay as much as $31 million to the province’s Catholic teachers who won a grievance over a delay to their salary grid increases during protracted contract negotiations.
About 40 per cent of members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association will receive $2,000 each under the deal reached last month.
Although final numbers need to be worked out, roughly 10,000-12,000 teachers could benefit — most of them with less than 10 years on the job who hadn’t reached the top salary available to them on the grid.
Other teacher unions are livid over the Liberals’ provincial payout.
Harvey Bischof, head of the province’s public secondary teachers, called it “a dirty deal.”
Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, said it’s “outrageous.”
“The $31 million payout that the Liberal government made to OECTA is not about grievances at all,” Hammond, who heads the country’s largest teacher union, adding other smaller education unions are also receiving similar reparations.
“Payments were made to organizations that had no grievances. It is outrageous and has no legitimate basis.”
About 40 per cent of members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association will receive $2,000 each under the deal reached last month.
Although final numbers need to be worked out, roughly 10,000-12,000 teachers could benefit — most of them with less than 10 years on the job who hadn’t reached the top salary available to them on the grid.
Other teacher unions are livid over the Liberals’ provincial payout.
Harvey Bischof, head of the province’s public secondary teachers, called it “a dirty deal.”
Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, said it’s “outrageous.”
“The $31 million payout that the Liberal government made to OECTA is not about grievances at all,” Hammond, who heads the country’s largest teacher union, adding other smaller education unions are also receiving similar reparations.
“Payments were made to organizations that had no grievances. It is outrageous and has no legitimate basis.”