Seattle ( CNN ) -- Washington teachers on strike for seven days reached a tentative agreement Wednesday to end their protests , following the intervention of the governor , a spokesman for the teacher 's union said . `` There 's a tentative agreement , which we will now vote on , '' Union spokesman Rich Wood told CNN . `` All of the big issues , class size , teacher pay and transfers we were able to agree on . '' Wood said more details of the planned deal would be discussed at a Thursday meeting for some 2,000 teachers who left the classroom for the picket line after negotiations with the Tacoma school district for a new contract broke down . Wood said teachers could go back to school as early as Friday if they approve the deal . A spokesman for the school district did not respond to CNN requests for comment on the proposed agreement . Earlier Wednesday , Washington Gov . Christine Gregoire announced she would referee the feud between the Tacoma school district and striking teachers that had kept 28,000 students from classrooms for seven days . Negotiations at her office lasted about seven hours Wednesday before the agreement was announced . `` This agreement provides a long-term solution , meets the districts needs and ensures teachers remain proud to report to their classroom every day , '' Gregoire said in a statement . Last week , a state judge ordered the teacher 's union and school district to restart stalled negotiations and told striking teachers to get back into the classroom . But the teachers , who have rejected school district proposals for a new three-year contract , continued their protests . Bryan Chushcoff , the judge hearing the case , said teachers and the union are defying his order . A hearing had been scheduled for next Tuesday to determine what penalties the teachers and union could face . Chushcoff said last week that an agreement could prevent further litigation from taking place over the strike . Contract talks between the school district and union fractured over teacher pay , class size and how educators are transferred between schools . Across Washington , state services cuts are in the works after the governor 's office last week said the state is expected to collect $ 1.4 billion less in revenue between now and June 2013 than previously forecast .
Washington 's governor intervenes in negotiations . A meeting will be held Thursday to discuss details of the deal . Comment: Teachers could go back to class Friday .