The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has reached tentative central agreements with the Government of Ontario, the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association and the Council of Trustees’ Associations. Separate tentative central agreements have been...

This afternoon, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) received formal notice from the mediator to resume central negotiations this Wednesday March 11. The call came just before ETFO was set to hold a media...

While ETFO continues its work-to-rule strike action, it will escalate its political action starting this Monday, March 9 given that the Ford government has initiated no dates for central talks. “Despite Minister Lecce’s pronouncements to...

Today, members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) will participate in a National Day of Action to highlight the importance of publicly funded public education in Canada. “Ontario faces a very serious threat...

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is urging the Ford government and its Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, to get back to the bargaining table so agreements can be reached that are good for...

On Friday, February 21, teachers and education workers from the four major education unions will be out of their classrooms on the same day. Nearly 200,000 teachers and education workers will strike in 72 school...

On Friday, February 21, elementary and secondary teachers and education workers represented by the four major education unions in Ontario will stand up to the Ford government’s education cuts by participating in a one-day walkout...

ETFO will continue its strike action next week, having sent five-day notices to school boards and authorities across the province.  “ETFO’s 83,000 public elementary school educators will be on the picket lines again next week...

ETFO says that a deal was within reach last Friday after three days of central bargaining talks until the government abruptly changed its position at the eleventh hour. “ETFO, school board associations and the government...

Mediated discussions between ETFO, school board associations and the Ford government, which had resumed on January 29, broke down late Friday, January 31, 2020. “ETFO made every effort over the past three days to move...