CUPE, which represents 55,000 custodians, clerical workers and early childhood educators working in Ontario’s public schools began a work-to-rule campaign on September 30th after last-minute mediation broke down over the weekend. The Minister of Education,...
The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) has filed a complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board, claiming that the government has pre-empted bargaining discussions when it amended class size regulations in August 2019. The...
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is holding strike votes at a series of meetings with its 83,000 members over September and October. ETFO President Sam Hammond said that “members will be asked to demonstrate...
Here is the text of a media release was issued by ETFO on September 10, 2019: A new study on violence in Ontario public elementary schools confirms that violence against educators is taking a huge...
ETFO Near North Teacher Local President Rob Hammond predicts challenging times ahead in Ontario after next month’s federal election. “We’re in unknown territory with the Conservative government. With the federal election almost underway we expect...
With education sector collective agreements expired as of August 31, 2019, the union that represents over 55,000 education workers in Ontario’s public schools has asked its members for a strong mandate following some difficult bargaining...
Over the Labour Day long weekend, contracts expired for the five major unions – ETFO, OSSTF, OECTA, AEFO and CUPE — representing the province’s teachers and education workers. While talks between most of the unions,...
The Ontario Federation of Labour has added a feature to its website that tracks the actions of the Ford government. The “Ford tracker” lists everything the Tories have done since they took power last summer....
Premier Doug Ford says he has spoken with “hundreds of teachers over the last few weeks” who are “so happy” with the province’s education cutbacks. As dozens of educators looked on from the spectators’ gallery...
Despite promises from the Ford government that no teachers would be laid off due to his cutbacks to education, local media outlets are reporting just that in communities across Ontario. The Upper Grand District School...
