Education Minister Stephen Lecce is trying to “bully” teacher unions into setting contracts through binding arbitration to avert strikes, says the head of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario. Pushing back against Lecce’s plan — which the union...

In hopes of avoiding strikes this fall, Education Minister Stephen Lecce is increasing the pressure on other teacher unions to join a pact that would see contract talks continue until Oct. 27 and send outstanding issues...

TORONTO, Aug. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), and Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) issued the following statement today, in...

The Ontario government has announced it will enter a process with the province’s secondary school teachers’ union to avoid strikes and keep kids in school, pending a vote by members. “This tentative agreement sets out...

The Ontario government will no longer mandate early reading screenings this year after reaching a settlement with two teacher’s unions over a complaint about unfair labour practices. The complaint was filed to the province’s labour...

Ontario English-language Catholic teachers will join their other publicly-funded school counterparts in holding a strike vote in the fall as negotiations with the province continue to stall. In a statement issued late Monday afternoon, the...

With the beginning of the school year just weeks away, 83,000 elementary school teachers in Ontario are without a contract. Union reps say the government continues to stall negotiations. On Monday, August 14 the Elementary...

Striking is a “last resort” but the province’s public elementary teachers need to send a message to the Ford government by voting in favour of job action, says their union’s president. “Our members want this...

Ontario’s education teachers union members gathered outside Toronto City Hall for a unity photo as the strike vote looms on the horizon. While the minister of education calls the strike threat unfair, teachers say they...

Ontario elementary teachers will hold strike votes after their union (ETFO) accused Doug Ford’s government of stalling on negotiations. The votes will be held across the province from mid-September to mid-October, ETFO said in a...