All-affiliate full withdrawal of service announced for February 21 This afternoon OSSTF announced that in coordination with ETFO, OECTA and AEFO, all OSSTF Members will join the members of each of the other education worker unions in a full withdrawal of services next Friday, February 21st.  OSSTF Toronto is working with the other local... Read More

You are at the forefront of our messaging Keeping Members at the forefront of messaging continues to achieve our shared goal of ensuring the public understands the reality of our fight. Unlike strikes that are simply a battle over wages and working conditions, our fight is against a political ideology that has at its base […] Read More

OSSTF rotating strike and info picket action for next week Today Provincial OSSTF delivered notice of continuation of the rotating strike actions.  The next full-service withdrawal involving OSSTF Members in various Districts (not ours) will take place on Thursday, February 13.  You will find a complete list of Districts scheduled for this... Read More

Strike pay update: Cheque delivery, reporting missing cheques, December 11 cheques With the exception of TTBU centrally assigned members whose work locations are still being verified, all strike pay cheques for TTBU picket duty performed December 4 and January 21 will have been delivered by the end of today. If you fulfilled picket duty for... Read More

Support grows as our fight continues The Toronto and York Region Labour Council continues to promote and encourage engagement  by members of other unions in the fight against education cuts. Early this week there was a well attended Heads of Unions meeting at which education cuts and our fight back took priority. Unions across the […] Read More

Staff allocation, 2020-21 The TDSB has confirmed that they are currently modeling allocation on a number of different possibilities, because Boards have not received information from the Ministry of Education that the allocation formula is anything other than 28:1. Per the President’s Memo issued on January 30th, it is the position of... Read More

In order to ensure you receive your strike pay, your contact information must be up to date. Members who moved to a new school for semester two this year OR do not have a second semester placement:  Complete this form in order to ensure we send your strike pay to the correct location. All Members […] Read More

Limited service withdrawal strike rule clarification – evelope stuffing The Strike Rules Committee has ruled that members will NOT stuff envelopes with report cards. This is in accordance with the strike rule prohibiting members from doing the work of another bargaining unit.  This ruling has been added to the Strike Rules page on our... Read More

TTBU Central Strike Memo – January 30: OSSTF resumes rotating strikes The following Districts will engage in full withdrawal of services on Wednesday, February 5: District 6A District 10 District 11 District 14 District 16 District 20 District 24 A portion of District 32 In addition, the Elementary Teachers of Toronto will engage two... Read More

OSSTF Toronto Camille Natale Student Awards for activism in social justice, peace, human rights, 2020 The annual Camille Natale Awards reflect OSSTF Toronto’s belief in the power of student action to make a difference for peace, social justice, equity and human rights locally and globally. The Awards are administered by both the District’s... Read More