Negotiations break down between province, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation

Negotiations break down between province, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation

The bargaining committee says the STF returned to the table Tuesday asking for an increase of 16.3 per cent over three years, about 5.4 per cent per year.
The government restated its offer of 5.5 per cent over three years, or about 1.8 per cent per year.
A spokesperson from the STF said the organization would not provide comment until further discussion with the membership, but said the STF is disappointed talks have ended.

The STF comes back after a one day strike over an unreasonable one year offer to make an unreasonable 3 year offer, and they're disappointed that talks have ended?

Either they're lying or they're not all that bright. But at least they have progressed beyond a massive increase over 1 year to a massive increase over 3 years. Now, if only they'll stay at the table long enough to perhaps negotiate a moderate increase over 3 years. I sympathize with the teachers in that they were negotiating in the middle of what was a recession for the rest of the country, but I seriously don't see why they (or the HSAS) should get anything spectacularly larger than the one or two percent per year that most normal unions would get during the same time frame.