STF: Arbitration hearing dates confirmed for teachers and Sask. Gov.

As fall fast approached, dates have now been confirmed for the arbitration hearing between teachers and the province by the Saskatoon Teachers Federation.

The hearing will take place in Saskatoon between December 16 to 20, 2024.

Written positions and presentations on wages and class complexity-accountability framework will be permitted during the hearing from both the Teachers’ Bargaining Committee and the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee.

In the release from STF, “the panel will weigh the facts and rationale presented and the arbitrator’s decision will be delivered in the form of a legally binding written report, delivered after the process has been completed.”

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The final Provincial Collective Bargaining Agreement will include any awards made during the arbitration process.

In a news release, the STF says both sides have agreed to nominate Danish Ish, former University of Saskatchewan law professor and dean of the College of Law, as the arbitrator.

Two other panel members have also been chosen, one by each side.

The STF has chosen retired Saskatoon Public Schools teacher and principal Dawn Harkness as its nominee, while the provincial government has chosen Greg Chatlain, former Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools director of education, as its nominee.