A tentative collective agreement for most Manitoba teachers — one imposing a single contract across 37 English school divisions for the first time in the province — includes yearly salary increases and other workplace gains.

Last week, the Manitoba Teachers’ Society reached a tentative provincewide deal with the Manitoba School Boards Association that will impact 16,000 public school educators, excluding those in the Franco-Manitoban School Division (DSFM) or federal bargaining units.

The tentative four-year agreement, obtained by CBC on Thursday, says MTS members employed between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2026, would see their wages increase by a compounded 12.85 per cent.

According to the proposal, teachers would receive annual salary hikes starting at 2.5 per cent for 2022-23, 2.75 per cent in 2023-24, three per cent in 2024-25 and three per cent in 2025-26. A retention adjustment of one per cent kicks in in February 2026.

“Teachers should be very happy with this contract,” said Cameron Hauseman, an associate professor of educational administration at the University of Manitoba.