This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. Earlier this week at a Special TDSB Committee of the Whole Meeting, the TDSB released their timeline for finalizing programming plans for the 2020-21 school year.   Their planning is based... Read More

This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. It has recently been drawn to my attention that in none of our communications this month have we spoken about National Indigenous History Month, nor about the impacts of colonoliasm and... Read More

This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. “Synchronous” learning  Yesterday, in response to the requirement by the Minister of Education that all students have the opportunity to engage in “synchronous” learning, the TDSB released... Read More

This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. Moving forward together No one can argue that this hasn’t been an extraordinary year, but the past few weeks have been particularly intense and emotional for all of us as we  […] Read More

President’s Memo, April 17, 2020 Yesterday, the TTBU Executive met with Branch Presidents via telephone town hall. Last night you received a memo that outlined most of what was reported on during that meeting.  This memo contains the remainder of what we reported to Branch Presidents yesterday. If you haven’t yet read yesterday’s Informing... Read More

Working from home update The TTBU Executive Members know you are each fully appreciative of the fact that we all continue to have full pay and access to benefits while so many around us do not.  We also know that the responsibility for fulfilling the obligations of those jobs to maintain student learning while managing […] Read More

This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. As you begin Week One in the emergency-remote-learning phase of this school year, we know you are busy working on programming for your students.  As teachers ourselves, we also understand... Read More

This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. I want to begin by once again assuring you that OSSTF Toronto TBU Executive is with you every step of the way in this incredibly stressful journey toward implementation of the […] Read More

This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. As you may be aware from messaging received from your principal, the TDSB has developed a protocol for accessing schools during the school closure period.  It is copied below, and attached... Read More

This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. Last night the Toronto District School Board issued a memo to all teachers.  In it are the Board’s plans for the coming week. On behalf of the TTBU Membership, I sent […] Read More