ETEA congratulates teachers at Sprott Shaw Language College for ratifying a new collective agreement, effective Friday, July 26th, 2019! They had been without a contract for over a year and a half, and had been bargaining for nearly eight months when the deal was reached. The new contract will be in effect until February 28, 2021.

Bargainers were able to make significant gains both monetarily and non-monetarily, including an impressive 13% wage increase and a lump-sum payout retroactive to March 1st of this year. Hourly wages and paid preparation time were also separated, and sick and wellness pay was increased from six to seven days per year.

Teachers also now have paid preparation time instead of having to teach every first Monday of a new session, and break times were reconfigured to be more suitable to teachers’ needs.

As the ETEA 6 President put it,

“Success at the table this time around is to be savored… The real hope and satisfaction comes in knowing that we have opened the door and can start planning an aggressive strategy to get us even closer to where we deserve.”

Well done, everyone! Solidarity from your brothers and sisters in ETEA!