CUPE 3903, representing Graduate Assistants, Teaching Assistants and Contract Faculty at York University, is currently in a legal strike position, and has set a strike deadline of Monday, March 5, 2018. OTF Policy IV Teacher Education states:  “In the event the faculty of a teacher education institution declares a strike in the course... Read More

Staffing Committee Training Workshop Registration OSSTF has been meeting with the Board, working on updates and changes to the Secondary Staffing Manual (Blue Binder) since November.  As you know the work of the Staffing Committee is paramount to the protection of our members during the staffing process.  It is imperative that you, and your... Read More

2017-18 OSSTF Staffing and Workload Survey In the 2014-15 school year the Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive reinstated the practice of conducting an annual Staffing/Workload survey in accordance with the provisions in our Collective Agreement. We were unable to conduct the survey in the 2015-16 school year due to our job action, but... Read More

Dear Branch Presidents Happy New Year! We hope you had a restful holiday. Provincial Executive visits to Toronto schools In preparation for the next round of bargaining, members of the Provincial Executive are visiting select schools across the province to speak directly with members, to hear Members’ thoughts about the two-tiered... Read More

Dear Branch President, This is a reminder that this Thursday we begin at 4:30 with the District General Meeting at which we will deal with the District Budget.  The TTBU Council meeting begins at 5:30pm. Please share this information with your Council Reps where applicable. If you are sending an alternate Council Representative to this […] Read More

Dear Branch Presidents, As a result of new language in both the Central and Local parts of our Collective Agreement, OSSTF Toronto Teachers Bargaining Unit filed a grievance against the board related to school Principals’ edicts that teachers shall provide a mark print out for students on a particular date. If yours is a Principal […] Read More

Thanks for all you do for your Members and your Union! Coverage and Supervision schedule of availability A reminder that each school must have a separate Coverage and Supervision Schedule of Availability that clearly indicates which half of the period a teacher is scheduled to be available and which must, in accordance with the Workload... Read More

If you are no longer Branch President, but haven’t yet changed that information with our office, please forward this email to the person who is now Branch President and let the OSSTF Toronto office or your Executive Officer know of the change so we can remove your name from this distribution list. Dear Branch Presidents […] Read More

Education Week May 1 – 5 is Education Week in Ontario. This year we are celebrating Education Week using the theme “Public Education; Many Faces, Many Places, One Vision”.  Posters from OSSTF/FEESO promoting this event will soon be arriving in work sites. Please watch for their arrival and display the poster in a prominent location […] Read More

Dear Branch Presidents, Staffing and Workload Survey Please note that the Collective Agreement is specific that the survey should take place during a regular Staff Meeting time and not during other PLC time.  Clause 3.7.1.0.0. reads:  “The Board shall permit the early dismissal of classes by a maximum of 40 minutes for the regular... Read More