President’s Memo – June, 2018 This Memo is composed by Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. The year that was This past year and a bit has been a period of fairly constant change for the TTBU Executive.  In fact almost half of our Executive […] Read More

Statement from Harvey Bischoff, OSSTF Provincial President, re last night’s provincial election outcome  Yesterday the people of Ontario elected a majority Progressive Conservative government. While this is not the result that many of us were hoping for, our Federation respects the democratic process. On that basis, on behalf of our... Read More

This message is being sent to all Members of OSSTF Toronto – TBU, PSSP and OTBU.  It is being jointly issued by Olga De Melo, President PSSP, Linda Bartram, President OTBU and Leslie Wolfe, President OSSTF Toronto & TTBU. Strange times in Ontario provincial politics Every Ontario political pundit must have a headache from the... Read More

President’s Memo – March, 2018 This Memo is composed by Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. Policy Grievance re assignments of coverage for full day absences All Members are aware that there has been a dearth of available Occasional Teachers this year.  The... Read More

President’s Memo – March, 2018 This Memo is composed by Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. Policy Grievance re assignments of coverage for full day absences All Members are aware that there has been a dearth of available Occasional Teachers this year.  The... Read More

President’s Memo  This Memo is composed by Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. Welcome back & changes to your Executive Happy New Year!  The OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive members hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday... Read More

President’s Memo OSSTF Provincial Staff Salary Update Since I wrote a few months ago about my concerns with the troubling disparity between the salaries of staff working at Provincial OSSTF office and the members they serve, I have had a number of requests to elaborate on the points I was attempting to make. The […] Read More

September 6, 2016 President’s Memo Local Agreement finally reached – Executive unanimously recommends ratification by Doug Jolliffe The Tentative Agreement achieved in August and sent to members this week is the result of a round of negotiations that has been like no other, if for no other reason than it was the first under the new […] Read More

President’s Memo – Next steps in job action by Doug Jolliffe What distinguishes this round of bargaining from previous ones is not its length. We have yet to reach even the shortest period of time in which we achieved  a deal in the past. For example, in 2000 to 2001, the shortest round of bargaining we’ve had, […] Read More

President’s Memo by Doug Jolliffe                      CUPE Strike Phase 2 The job action of CUPE 4400 (the union that represents TDSB caretakers, secretaries, educational assistants and other support staff) has moved to Phase 2. Attached below are the strike instructions CUPE sent to its members. Please read them carefully and share them... Read More