WYNNE'S PAYMENT TO OECTA; P!SSING OFF OTHER UNIONS

  G&M: Ontario’s Liberal government paid $31-million to the English Catholic teachers’ union as part of a settlement for delaying salary raises – the latest payout to education workers after the province took more control over bargaining.
     The settlement – the result of a favourable arbitration ruling for the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) – has raised the ire of other unions, who say it is politically motivated. Teachers have been key members of the Liberals’ political base and the party has taken several measures to buy labour peace during a coming election.
    WHarvey Bischof, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, described the settlement on Friday as a “a dirty deal that clearly wasn’t done dirt cheap at $31-million.”