Teachers, province enter binding arbitration

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation has applied for binding arbitration in talks on a new contract for the province’s 13,500 teachers.
The current agreement expired on Aug. 31, 2017.
In March of that year, the STF opted for binding arbitration, in the event of an impasse.
STF president Patrick Maze said the organization would prefer a negotiated settlement, “however, the other side continues to call for wage rollbacks and refuses to bargain on the full range of issues importa