Dear Member, On Monday, our elementary school colleagues will be involved in a legal strike action. We have been informed that that action will be in the form of what has been called in the past a “work to rule.”  They will remain at work, but will not be performing certain duties. OSSTF is supportive […] Read More

Dear Member,   At the April 24, 2015 meeting of the OSSTF Provincial Council, all teacher bargaining units in the province were placed into “Provincial Responsibility for Negotiations” and Provincial OSSTF Collective Bargaining Bulletin # 28  was issued. Your local Bargaining Unit Executive has received questions about the new bargaining... Read More

Dear Member, Bargaining has broken down in Durham, District 13. Please see the media release issued on Saturday, by the Provincial Office of OSSTF: https://osstftoronto.ca/news/2015/04/media-release-talks-fail-osstffeeso-durham-teachers-on-strike-april-20/ Tomorrow morning, Monday, April 20, our colleagues in District 13 will most likely be... Read More

Dear Member, Provincial Bargaining: Negotiations of the central brief items continue, with additional dates scheduled for March 30, 31, April 1, 13, 14 and 15. Local Bargaining: Up until now, the TDSB has been unable to agree to proposed meeting dates for local bargaining because of personnel developments at the Board. We anticipate that... Read More

Dear Member, Annual Meeting of the Provincial Assembly (AMPA), March 13 to 16 AMPA is the supreme legislative body of OSSTF, responsible for establishing or amending Federation bylaws, budgets, the Annual Action Plan and, every second year, for the election of the Provincial Executive. This year is an election year. 71 of your D12 […] Read More

Dear Member, The Provincial Office of OSSTF has issued, Collective Bargaining Bulletin # 20 outlining a significant development in bargaining. Several districts have been placed in “takeover.” The bargaining bulletin has been posted on our website along with a bargaining process chart, at the following link: Collective Bargaining Bulletin ... Read More

Members Transporting Student in Their Vehicles The following excerpts are from a memorandum to all members issued by General Secretary Pierre Cote, February 12, 2015. WE ADVISE MEMBERS NOT TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS. The situation arising from being isolated with students may leave a member vulnerable to allegations of inappropriate conduct... Read More

The Campaign for Public Education is asking its members to attend the Special Meeting of the TDSB, February 10 to show their support for local democracy and to point out that the real problem with the TDSB is the flawed funding formula. The Review of the Toronto District School Board, more commonly known as The […] Read More

Teachers are paid to work 194 days per school year.  Every seven years or so, the late placement of Labour Day combined with the removal of Family Day as a working day results in fewer than 194 teaching days between the day after Labour Day and June 30.  In the past, the Ministry of Education […] Read More