MONTREAL --
Nearly half of education unions have voted on the tentative agreement with Quebec City, and so far the deal is receiving very strong support from teachers.
The FAE (Federation autonome de l'enseignement) represents 49,000 elementary, secondary and vocational teachers.
By Thursday morning, four of the federation's nine unions had voted on the tentative agreement to renew their collective agreement.
The agreement had been reached with the treasury board in mid-April after intense negotiations, and the proportion of support for the tentative agreement varies, according to the union, from 87 per cent to 95 per cent.
The agreement addresses both teachers' working conditions, such as professional autonomy and workload, and salaries.