The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is urging the Ford government and its Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, to get back to the bargaining table so agreements can be reached that are good for...

On Friday, February 21, teachers and education workers from the four major education unions will be out of their classrooms on the same day. Nearly 200,000 teachers and education workers will strike in 72 school...

On Friday, February 21, elementary and secondary teachers and education workers represented by the four major education unions in Ontario will stand up to the Ford government’s education cuts by participating in a one-day walkout...

ETFO will continue its strike action next week, having sent five-day notices to school boards and authorities across the province.  “ETFO’s 83,000 public elementary school educators will be on the picket lines again next week...

ETFO says that a deal was within reach last Friday after three days of central bargaining talks until the government abruptly changed its position at the eleventh hour. “ETFO, school board associations and the government...

Mediated discussions between ETFO, school board associations and the Ford government, which had resumed on January 29, broke down late Friday, January 31, 2020. “ETFO made every effort over the past three days to move...

ETFO will escalate its rotating strikes across the province starting Monday, February 3 if central agreements are not reached by the end of January. “There is nothing to be gained by Minister Lecce avoiding meaningful...

ETFO one-day, full withdrawal of services strike action has taken place, or has been announced, in the following locations: Monday, January 20, 2020 – Ottawa Carleton, Toronto, Toronto Catholic, York Region Tuesday, January 21, 2020...

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) will complete week two of rotating strikes, having sent the five-day required strike notice for Peel and Hamilton-Wentworth school boards for Friday January 31. “Minister Lecce is wrong...

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) will continue week two of rotating strikes, having sent the five-day required strike notice for Durham, Durham Catholic, Lambton Kent and Algoma school boards for Thursday January 30....