ETFO President Sam Hammond: “At today’s conciliation meeting, it became apparent that the government and school board agencies were not interested in arriving at a fair settlement. As a result, ETFO has asked for a...

November 1, 2019 Toronto, ON – Members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) have given their union a strong mandate for central strike action should it be needed during ETFO’s central bargaining negotiations:...

October 30, 2019   Toronto, ON – There will be almost 1,000 fewer teachers in grades 4-8 elementary classrooms this year and larger class sizes according to an analysis released today by the Canadian Centre...

October 16, 2019 Toronto, ON – Today the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has asked the Minister of Labour to appoint a conciliation officer to help the parties at its two central tables reach...

School boards across the province will be closing schools to students next week should CUPE education worker’s full-scale withdrawal of services take place. CUPE members working in Ontario public, Catholic and French language school boards...

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...