Justice Thomas R. Lederer has issued his decision on a remedy to an Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling in April 2016 that recognized the Ontario government violated the collective bargaining rights of educators when...

ETFO extends its support and solidarity to the 4,000 members of OECTA’s Toronto Elementary Catholic Teachers Bargaining Unit (OECTA-TECT) as they withdraw services and prepare to initiate full strike action against the Toronto Catholic District School Board in...

Ontario Federation of Labour News Release TORONTO – Ontario workers have come together to sound the alarm and issue an emergency appeal for the Ford government to take action to address the Omicron crisis. A...

Dear Members, I want to begin by thanking you for your extraordinary work and efforts throughout the pandemic, including the latest round of last-minute, emergency online learning and our transition back to the classroom. Each...

JANUARY 12, 2022 TORONTO, ON – Today, Minister of Education Stephen Lecce announced new “layers of protection” that will be introduced prior to the return to in-person learning on January 17. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation...

JANUARY 11, 2022 Today, the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), and Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) issued the following...

JANUARY 11, 2022 TORONTO, ON – Last night, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) learned, from reporters on social media, that the Ford government is moving ahead with a return to in-person learning on...

DECEMBER 16, 2021 TORONTO, ON – Today, the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), and...

NOVEMBER 16, 2021 Recent remarks by Minister of Education Stephen Lecce have raised concerns that the Ford government may be looking to make deeper cuts to education by changing Ontario’s Full-Day Kindergarten (FDK) program. The...

NOVEMBER 04, 2021 TORONTO, ON – Today, the Ford government delivered its fall economic statement, void of any mention of education, proving once again that Ontario’s students and educators are not a priority for this...