A tentative agreement has been reached around provincial collective bargaining between the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee and the Teachers’ Bargaining Committee.
The provincial government made the announcement on April 22. The next step includes the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation taking the agreement to its 13,000 teacher members to vote on the new contract.
“This tentative agreement balances our respect and appreciation for teachers with the fiscal realities of the province,” Gordon Wyant, deputy premier and education minister, said in a news release. “The terms of our offer mean that Saskatchewan teachers will have stability for years to come and be paid at five per cent above the Western Canadian average.”
The four-year tentative agreement includes a two-per-cent salary increase in years two, three and four.
No mention was made of classroom composition or size, which have been sticking points in bargaining between the two sides.
