OSSTF Toronto All Member Update: Engaging and Informing Members

Phone service is back Members can reach the office using our regular number again.   Thank you for your patience during the time when our phone lines were down. Winter weather, your place of work, and your health and safety Parking lot not ploughed?  Walkways icy?  Make sure to complete a Health and Safety Concern […] Read More




Queen’s Park Notes for the Week of November 28, 2016

From the Provincial Office of OSSTF NEW BILLS INTRODUCED BILL 76, PATHWAYS TO POST-SECONDARY EXCELLENCE ACT (POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL REPORT) Liberal MPP Yvan Baker (Etobicoke Centre) would require the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario to collect and publish information about certain educational institutions on an annual basis... Read More


Queen’s Park Notes for the Week of November 21, 2016

From the Provincial Office of OSSTF NEW BILLS INTRODUCED BILL 71, LUNG HEALTH ACT The bill, co-sponsored by Liberal MPP Ted McMeekin (Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale), PC MPP Jeff Yurek (Elgin—Middlesex—London) and NDP MPP France Gelinas (Nickel Belt) would establish the Lung Health Advisory Council. It would require the Minister of... Read More


OSSTF TTBU All-Member Update – Informing and Engaging Members: What to do if you suffer injury or violence on the job, and more…

Dear Members Your OSSTF Toronto Executive takes occupational health and safety seriously.  We all fought together last year to improve safety in the schools, but winning language is only the first step.  The next step in ensuring that the Executive can continue to advocate for safer schools is by ensuring we have the documentation required... Read More


Queen’s Park Notes for the Week of November 14, 2016

From the Provincial Office of OSSTF BILL 37, PROTECTING STUDENTS ACT, UNANIMOUSLY PASSES 3RD READING, AWAITS ROYAL ASSENT TO BECOME LAW Within six weeks of re-introducing Bill 37, Protecting Students Act, the Liberals successfully passed the legislation with all-party support by a unanimous vote of 90 – 0. Despite a number of objections... Read More


2016-2017 Branch Presidents Update #4

Happy Friday!  This Memo is one in a series of as-needed updates that will be sent to Branch Presidents.  As always, we appreciate your continued Branch leadership.  Your engagement makes us stronger! Operation Christmas Cheer Once again OSSTF Toronto is participating in Operation Christmas Cheer in support of striking/locked out workers and... Read More


2016-17 OSSTF TTBU Update – Engaging & Informing Members

Happy Friday! We hope you find receiving these regular email updates from OSSTF useful – being an informed Member is a way to be an engaged Member!  Please see below for lots of interesting information… Operation Christmas Cheer – Spreading Holiday Cheer to Families of Workers on Strike or Locked Out The mandate of Operation... Read More


Action:reAction – Call for Workshop Proposals

We are looking for dynamic participatory workshop proposals from activist individuals and groups in the community. For the fourth year the Human Rights Committee of OSSTF District 12 (Toronto Secondary Teachers, Occasional Teachers, and Professional Student Services Personnel) will host an exciting and unique student social justice forum.  As... Read More