The president of the Yarmouth local of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union is welcoming news of the tentative deal with the province.
A tentative agreement has been reached. Work-to-rule will be suspended and phased out beginning on Monday, January 23. #nspoli
— NS Teachers Union (@NSTeachersUnion) January 20, 2017
Rollie Hannem is relieved that the work-to-rule will be phased out on Monday.
“Not just for myself, but I’m sure for all 9,300 public school teachers in the province. As much as parents and students didn’t like work-to-rule, teachers didn’t like it either. That’s not who we are.”
Hannem says he is looking forward to getting things back to normal, and he’s hopeful this means better education for all students.
Government has reached a tentative agreement with the Nova Scotia Teachers Union. https://t.co/xb8tmSu4JT
— Stephen McNeil (@StephenMcNeil) January 20, 2017
Wally Fiander, first vice-president of the NSTU says the discussions with the province were long, and often extended into the wee hours of the morning.
He tells us when discussions started pointing to an agreement.
“It wasn’t until the very end. Both sides started to see that maybe there was a deal there. It was very late in the process when we thought OK, this time might be different for us.”
Fiander says he’s hoping teachers will like the deal.
The deal will be presented to teachers through information sessions starting early next week.
A ratification vote by the NSTU’s 9,300 members is expected February 8th.
