The school strike in Ontario was avoided as education workers and the government reached a tentative agreement late Sunday afternoon.

The agreement comes after a weekend of intense negotiations between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the province.

The union negotiating team said in a tweet: "There will be no work stoppage tomorrow, as our members will report to schools to continue supporting the students we are proud to work with," and the agreement still needs to be ratified by CUPE members.

Also, little detail has been revealed about what the tentative agreement includes. But CUPE previously said the government came to the negotiating table with a 3.59 percent wage increase for workers.

This is an increase over their previous offer, which included an annual 2.5 percent increase for workers earning less than $43,000 and a 1.5 percent annual wage increase for those earning more. This contract was the one mandated to workers under Bill 28 - also known as the "Keeping Students in Class Act" - which also made it illegal for workers to strike.

The parties' agreement also came at 5 p.m. today, the deadline for reaching an agreement to avoid the strike that would have affected thousands of students, parents, and workers.

Ontario's Education Minister Stephen Lecce described the agreement as a "positive result for all parties," adding: "The biggest beneficiaries of this deal are our children, who will have some stability and will be able to stay in school. We are grateful to all parties for working with the government. Children deserve to be in class and I am proud to confirm they will be tomorrow."