Stephen Lecce

• Teachers’ unions ready to ‘mobilize’ if Ford government legislates contract

  The four unions representing the province's teachers are in active bargaining with the Ontario government months after the contracts expired at the end of the summer.

  Politics

  Jan 24
  
• Province ends supervision of Peel District School Board

  In a post on its website, the board said it had been notified that supervision was ending and trustees would be given the power to govern again.

  Education

  Jan 22
  
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• Ontario launching grants for child care centres to create spaces

  Ontario is launching a $213-million grant program for child-care operators to create new spaces.

  Education

  Dec 19, 2022
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• Ontario updating curriculum for computer, technological education

  Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the changes will give students experience with new technology, expose them to real-life problem solving and prepare them for the job market.

  Education

  Dec 12, 2022
• Ontario government reaches tentative deal with Ontario Council of Educational Workers

  OCEW issued a statement saying the deal was reached after multiple days of negotiations between the bargaining council, the Council of Trustees' Association and the province.

  Education

  Dec 11, 2022
• CUPE education workers will receive pay for 2 days missed during ‘political protest’

  On Nov. 5 and Nov. 7, CUPE education workers hit picket lines across Ontario in what the union termed a "political protest" against the Ford government.

  Education

  Nov 24, 2022
• CUPE tells education support workers in Ontario to accept tentative contract offer

  When CUPE's Ontario school board bargaining team announced a deal with the Ford government, it signalled unease. The union's national leadership is now urging members to accept it.

  Education

  Nov 23, 2022
• Ontario education workers to vote on tentative deal beginning Thursday, union says

  According to the union, the results are expected to be released on Dec. 6.

  Education

  Nov 22, 2022
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• Ontario education worker strike called off with union members to vote on tentative deal

  CUPE and the province have been holding labour negotiations throughout the weekend, and the union has set a deadline of 5 p.m. today to reach a deal.

  Education

  Nov 20, 2022
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• Bargaining continues between education workers and province as strike deadline looms

  CUPE has said 55,000 of its workers will walk off on Monday if a deal with the province isn't reached by 5 p.m. on Sunday.

  Economy

  Nov 19, 2022