Without a contract for nearly a year, teachers in Creighton and across Saskatchewan are still struggling to find common ground with the provincial government.
Saskatchewan teachers last month rejected a second tentative contract with the province by a margin of 63 per cent, says the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation.
The rejected agreement included a compensation increase of 7.3 per cent over four years and a $700 pro-rated payment in the first year, according to the Canadian Press.
“In conversations, emails and over 50 meetings held across the province, teachers have told us the tentative agreement did not contain sufficient resources,” said STF President Colin Keess in a news release, “nor provide enough evidence of the government’s commitment to re-engaging with teachers and solving the issues of importance to the profession.”
Saskatchewan’s teachers have now been without a contract since Aug. 31, 2013.
