ETFO RESPONDS TO ONTARIO GOVERNMENT’S FALL ECONOMIC STATEMENT

NOVEMBER 14, 2022 TORONTO, ON – Once again, the Ford government has delivered a fall economic statement that ignores students, educators, and other education workers. Despite expected growing surpluses over the next few years, the...

ETFO STATEMENT ON REPEAL OF BILL 28

NOVEMBER 14, 2022 TORONTO, ON – The following is a statement from Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) President Karen Brown: “The Keeping Students in School Act, Bill 28, was an unprecedented attack on collective bargaining...

FORD GOVERNMENT KILLS CONTROVERSIAL BILL THAT ORDERED CUPE SCHOOL STAFF BACK TO WORK, AS TALKS CONTINUE

The bill that overrode CUPE members’ Charter rights and imposed a four-year contract on them officially never happened. As promised — in writing — the Ontario government on Monday repealed its controversial Bill 28 that...

ONTARIO WITHDRAWS LABOUR BOARD CASE SEEKING TO DECLARE CUPE’S WALKOUT ILLEGAL

Ontario’s labour relations board says the provincial government has withdrawn its application to have a walkout by 55,000 education workers declared illegal. The workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) walked off...

A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT ONTARIO’S BID TO END THE EDUCATION WALKOUT

Ontario Premier Doug Ford was staring down a gathering storm of indefinite school closures, a new law nobody obeyed and warnings of widespread, economy-disrupting work stoppages when he decided last weekend that there was only one way...

STATEMENT FROM ETFO PRESIDENT KAREN BROWN ON NEED FOR FREE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

OCTOBER 31, 2022 TORONTO, ON – The following is a statement from Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) President Karen Brown: “On Sunday, it became known that the Ford government intended to table legislation that...

BILL 124 AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ATTACK ON PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS THAT MUST BE RETROACTIVELY REPEALED

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 TORONTO, ON – The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) strongly believes Bill 124 circumvents the legal framework for negotiations set out by the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, which requires parties to engage...

ETFO TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING AUGUST 15 TO 18

AUGUST 12, 2022 More than 800 public elementary school educators will attend the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) between August 15 and 18, 2022, at the Westin Harbour Castle...

FORD GOVERNMENT MISSES OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MUCH-NEEDED INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION

AUGUST 09, 2022 The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is disappointed that the budget reintroduced today does not include any new investments in public education. In addition, by choosing to redirect funding away from...

STATEMENT FROM ETFO PRESIDENT
KAREN BROWN

TORONTO, ON – The following is a statement from Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) President Karen Brown: “Since the start of the summer, Minister of Education Stephen Lecce has repeatedly tried to create a...

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