October 18 President’s Memo – Local bargaining strike vote This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. On October 10th hundreds of OSSTF TTBU Members acted in solidarity with colleagues, parents and students all over Ontario... Read More

In a memo to Bargaining Unit Presidents this morning, the provincial President reiterated that central negotiations, at both the Support Staff and Teacher/Occasional Teacher tables, continue to progress extremely slowly. The management teams remain unprepared to engage in meaningful discussions on substantive topics, and that therefore the... Read More

At 10 a.m. this morning, Laura Walton, President of the Ontario School Boards Council of Unions, the representative of CUPE education workers, announced that they were giving the five days’ notice required by law before escalating their job action to a full walk out. OSSTF Toronto President Leslie Wolfe has spoken directly with John... 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. Dear Members, On Wednesday August 28, 2019, the regularly scheduled Board-Wide Staffing meeting was held. Members placed during that meeting have been contacted. In an attempt to place as... 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. President’s Memo – June 26, 2019 From booze to boos, and heartfelt thank you’s On behalf of the TTBU Executive, I want to extend our sincere gratitude to all of you […] 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. Dear Members, Today was a very difficult day for many of you as 328 people (311 FTE) received letters saying that as of today’s date, they are tentatively surplus to the […] Read More

Dear Members, Early this morning OSSTF TTBU Staffing Officers were advised by the Toronto District School Board that the government could not provide enough assurance in relation to teacher employment for the coming school year to allow the board to decide against bumping. The Board only uses the bumping procedure when senior staff feel they... Read More

Dear Members, We know this has been a most difficult time for those of you who received letters confirming your status as surplus to school.  The TTBU Executive continues to monitor the Board’s progress in relation to staff allocation, and we are here for you should you have any questions at any time. Today at […] 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. On March 15 the government released their plan for schools announcing an increase in the teacher to student ratio at secondary, while leaving kindergarten class size untouched, something... Read More

President’s memo – April, 2019 This Memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. Dear Members, To the 1000 or so OSSTF Toronto Teacher Bargaining Unit Members who were declared surplus today, know that together we will continue the... Read More