October 18, 2019 • ISSUE 19 Update on Central Table Bargaining This morning OSSTF/FEESO filed for conciliation for both the Support Staff and the Teacher/Occasional Teacher central bargaining tables. This means that the Minister of Labour will appoint a conciliation officer for each of the central tables. The officer will meet with... Read More
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President’s Memo #5 – October 17, 2019: All Member General Meeting & Local bargaining strike vote called
October 18 President’s Memo – Local bargaining strike vote This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. On October 10th hundreds of OSSTF TTBU Members acted in solidarity with colleagues, parents and students all over Ontario... Read More
Strike Vote in support of Central Bargaining Called
In a memo to Bargaining Unit Presidents this morning, the provincial President reiterated that central negotiations, at both the Support Staff and Teacher/Occasional Teacher tables, continue to progress extremely slowly. The management teams remain unprepared to engage in meaningful discussions on substantive topics, and that therefore the... Read More
October 11, 2019 • ISSUE 17 Update on Support Staff Central Table Bargaining
October 11, 2019 • ISSUE 17 Update on Support Staff Central Table Bargaining OSSTF/FEESO met today with representatives from the government and the Council of Trustees’ Associations (CTA) at the Support Staff central bargaining table. OSSTF/FEESO continues to be frustrated by the management team’s unwillingness to engage in a meaningful... Read More
2019-20 TTBU Informing & Engaging Members #7: District General Meeting; EduACTion; Teacher math test; Toronto Raptors and more…
EduACTion Friday: Wear Red4Ed! Ontario wide walk in was a great success with hundreds participating across the city! To see pics of Toronto high schools’ participation, check out the Walk In For Education photo album on our Facebook page! The EduACTion workshop scheduled for October 24 is filling up quickly! A limited number of spaces... Read More
October 10, 2019 • ISSUE 15 Update on Teacher/Occasional Teacher Central Table Bargaining
October 10, 2019 • ISSUE 15 Update on Teacher/Occasional Teacher Central Table Bargaining OSSTF/FEESO met yesterday with representatives from the government and the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA). We are discouraged and disappointed that the management team came unprepared to engage in meaningful discussions. Even in the... Read More
CUPE strike: Picket locations for Monday, October 7
Should CUPE Toronto Education Workers be engaged in a full walk out on Monday, OSSTF Members are encouraged to join them in a show of solidarity either before or after work at one of their Toronto picket locations. As further information becomes available, we will continue to share it with you. Read More
TTBU 2019 Informing & Engaging Members #6 – CUPE strike; Central bargaining; Student awards and more…
EduACTion: October 10 Walk-in is fast approaching! Do you know what your Branch has planned? With CUPE potentially on full walk out, what a perfect opportunity to come together as an education community to highlight the damage Ford’s cuts are doing to our education system. Don’t know what your Branch plans for that day […] Read More
CUPE strike announcement
At 10 a.m. this morning, Laura Walton, President of the Ontario School Boards Council of Unions, the representative of CUPE education workers, announced that they were giving the five days’ notice required by law before escalating their job action to a full walk out. OSSTF Toronto President Leslie Wolfe has spoken directly with John... Read More
October 1, 2019 • ISSUE 14 Update on Support Staff Central Table Bargaining
October 1, 2019 • ISSUE 14Update on Support Staff Central Table Bargaining OSSTF/FEESO met today with representatives from the government and the Council of Trustees’ Associations (CTA) at the Support Staff central bargaining table. This was the first Support Staff central table meeting since the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) ruled... Read More