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Ontario High School Teachers Approve Path to Avoid Strikes

The process could include binding interest arbitration.

Ontario's high school teachers have voted in favour of a bargaining proposal with the province that could include the process of binding interest arbitration, but not a strike, to resolve outstanding issues.

The Union says members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) voted 78.4 per cent in favour of the proposal.

In a release, President Karen Littlewood said the vote approves a "proposal that will put all unresolved items before an independent, third-party arbitrator."

The vote was held over three weeks.

Bargaining at the two OSSTF/FEESO central tables, Teacher/Occasional Teacher and Education Workers, will continue until October 27th, at which time any matters that have not yet been settled will be put before an arbitrator.

Local bargaining across the province will continue until March 28, 2024, at which time all remaining items that have not been settled may be sent to arbitration.

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