ETFO RESPONDS TO ONTARIO GOVERNMENT’S FALL ECONOMIC STATEMENT

TORONTO, ON – Despite expected growing surpluses over the next few years, the Ford government continues to underfund public education in Ontario. The fall economic statement delivered today ignores the needs of students and educators,...

ETFO JOINS OSSTF/FEESO ARBITRATION PROCESS FOR BILL 124 WAGE REMEDY

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) is proud to announce that 3,500 education workers represented by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) are joining with OSSTF/FEESO in their fight to reclaim wages unjustly...

OSSTF DECISION TO FORGO RIGHT TO STRIKE CONCERNING TO LABOUR SCHOLARS

With the late-October deadline passing for Ontario’s public school teachers and the provincial government to reach a negotiated settlement, the two sides are now heading to arbitration. In August, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF)...

NEW EDUCATION WORKERS AGREEMENT ONLY SOLVES ONE PIECE OF CRISIS PUZZLE FACING LOCAL SCHOOLS, SAYS UNION

Public elementary education workers have approved a new contract including salary increases, job security and a Supports for Student Fund, but it’s only a piece of the crisis puzzle occurring in Ontario schools. “We had...

ETFO’S EDUCATION WORKER MEMBERS RATIFY CENTRAL AGREEMENT

Education worker members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) voted 80 per cent in favour of accepting the 2022-2026 Education Worker Central Agreement reached with the Council of Trustees’ Associations and the Ontario...