OSSTF, OECTA, and AEFO are all planning to hold strikes on March 5.

Global News takes a look at possible next steps in the disputes between the provincial government and four teachers' unions.

On Wednesday, the province announced it will pay parents whose children are affected by striking teachers.

The unions have been bargaining new collective agreements since the beginning of September.

“This has been a very prolonged and difficult bargaining process,” ETFO president Sam Hammond said in a statement. 

Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association has announced they will stop all strike action now that a tentative deal has been reached with the province.

The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario is negotiating with the government for the second day in a row, after talks went late into the evening Wednesday.

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation says it will make the move to minimize the disruption to student activities scheduled during March break.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford levelled the criticism at the province's four major teachers' unions during debate at the provincial legislature Thursday morning as educators protested the contentious talks.

The informal talks between the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation and the province began Sunday, providing the first glimmer of progress in over two months. The two sides haven't formally negotiated since Dec. 16.