Union, province reach tentative agreement
The province and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) — representing public school teachers — have reached a tentative agreement for about 9,300 public school teachers in Nova Scotia.
The current work-to-rule strike action will be phased out beginning Jan. 23, said the union.
"In reaching this tentative agreement, we are suspending our work-to-rule job action pending the upcoming ratification vote," said Liette Doucet, NSTU president.
The NSTU has been focused on resolving this issue and getting a new agreement for the members. "Both parties worked day and night over the last week to come to this new tentative agreement,” said Doucet,
This tentative agreement will be provided to NSTU public school members in regional meetings around the province to be scheduled within the next two weeks, in advance of the ratification vote scheduled for Feb. 8. Details of the tentative agreement will not be released until the agreement is ratified by union members, according to the union.
The Teachers' Provincial Agreement expired on July 31, 2015.
