The details of the agreement remain confidential until ratification. „The details of the agreement remain confidential until ratification. In accordance with the Association`s ratification procedures, Catholic teachers will participate in a provincial vote on April 7 and 8 if the OECD`s provincial and local executive presidents recommend authorization. All strikes by the Catholic Teachers` Association of Ontario (OECD) have been suspended because the union has entered into a preliminary contractual agreement with the provincial government and the Ontario Catholic School Trustees` Association. OECD President Liz Stuart announced that an agreement had been reached on Thursday at 4.35pm .m. The OECD is the first of the four major teachers` unions to reach an agreement in a highly controversial round of negotiations. After the Central Terms Settlement Protocol has also been ratified by OCSTA and approved by the Government of Ontario, the association will now begin the process of negotiation between local OECD entities and Catholic school authorities on the local terms of their respective collective agreements. „The COVID-19 emergency and the challenges teachers, students and families face when approaching this unique form of distance learning are paramount for everyone,“ says Stuart. „However, our association continues to strive to enter into discussions with school authorities as soon as possible and to negotiate fair agreements.“ The union said that at that time, the details of the preliminary agreement remain confidential.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce told Reporters at Queen`s Park that the preliminary agreement was good for teachers, students, parents and the government. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OCDETA) has entered into an interim labour agreement with the provincial government. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers` Association reached the agreement on Thursday and announced it will suspend all work measures during the ratification process. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said he would focus in the future on reaching agreements with other teachers` unions. In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers` Association (OCDETA) said the agreement was reached with „the Ontario Trustees Association and the Government of Ontario on the core terms of a new collective agreement.“