Trustees at Toronto’s public school board approved a $3.4 billion operating budget for next year at a board meeting Thursday, with many of them taking aim at the province for underfunding them. “In developing next year’s budget,...

“The legislation passed today reflects a balanced and collaborative approach to engaging with stakeholders and responding to their feedback.” Those were the words of Peter Bethlenfalvy, former Wall Street banker turned Ontario provincial politician, on...

Lawyers for the Ford government launched their Bill 124 appeal, on Tuesday, urging the Ontario Superior Court to overrule a lower court judge and reinstate the controversial wage restraint law. Bill 124, which capped public sector wages...

TORONTO, ON – In November 2022, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and other unions won a major victory at the Ontario Court of Justice when Justice Markus Koehnen ruled that Bill 124, which...

Billions of dollars are at stake as a three-day hearing at Ontario’s highest court gets underway Tuesday over the province’s controversial wage-limiting law for public sector workers. Last November, a judge with the Superior Court...

After more than a month of job action, the union representing striking Halifax-area school support workers have confirmed they’ve reached a tentative agreement with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education. In a statement released Wednesday...

A shortfall in funding of more than $20 million will impact classrooms and jobs, predict trustees on the Halton District School Board (HDSB). The forecast was made in a missive presented to the board by...

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is sitting on more than $22 billion in “excess funds,” according to the province’s watchdog, with no transparency on how that money will be used over the next four years. The...

TORONTO — An arbitrator has awarded salary increases totalling 6.25 per cent to 45,000 Ontario hospital workers, plus two dollars an hour more for registered practical nurses. According to SEIU Healthcare and the Canadian Union of Public...

The Hastings Prince Edward District School Board is proposing cuts to essential front-line workers who provide critical supports for students, according to the union representing affected employees.