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New Deal For Kenora Catholic Teachers

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Trustees with the Kenora Catholic District School Board and members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association have come to a local agreement.

The union represents 124 full-time teachers in Red Lake and Kenora, as well as 79 occasional teachers.

Terms haven’t been disclosed.

The contract was finalized last week, with teachers voting 100% in favour of it on Tuesday.

Director of Education Derek Haime says “We have a very good working relationship with our partners OECTA and so we’re very pleased to come to consensus fairly quickly. So it’s nice to have that out of the way so we can face together the challenges that await us.”

OECTA Kenora Unit President Leanne Davidson says “”We are very happy to have finalized our local bargaining process and ratified both our Permanent and Occasional Teachers’ Local Collective Agreements. I know that KCDSB and OECTA will continue to work together as we move forward into the future.”

Davidson says union members decided quickly on the terms of the local agreement as full-time teachers took three days to ratify it, while part-time instructors only needed one day.

It’s a three contract retroactive to September 1st, 2019.

(With files from Tim Davidson)

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Postal Workers Get Four Year Deal

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Canada’s postal workers finally have a contract.

A federal arbitrator is awarding a new four-year deal.

The ruling impacts both urban and rural mail carriers and is retroactive to February 1st of 2018.

It includes wage increases of 2% in the first two years, a 2.5% hike for this year and a further 2.9% increase in 2021.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it’s still reviewing the award, describing it as comprehensive and lengthy.

The decision comes 562 days after the labour dispute between the union and Canada Post was handed off to an arbitrator after the federal government ended a series of rotating strikes.

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Tentative Contract Reached For Elementary Teachers

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If schools do re-open as scheduled on April 6th, Elementary teachers across the province will be able to work with one less concern on their mind.

A tentative deal has been reached with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and the government.

Separate tentative central agreements have been negotiated for ETFO’s teachers, occasional teacher and education worker members.

Details of the contract won’t be released until ratification.

ETFO President Sam Hammond says “This has been a very prolonged and difficult bargaining process. We are very grateful for the support and unwavering solidarity of our members, and the public who have continued to stand up for public education and the supports that our students and educators need now and in the future.”

Hammond adds “while ETFO’s Provincial Executive has endorsed the terms of these tentative central agreements, the decision to accept them ultimately rests with ETFO’s 83,000 members.”

The union is suspending strike action immediately pending the results of the votes.

The Ford government says it remains focused on landing further deals with the province’s other teachers’ unions.