Dear Branch President, Please bring the following items to the attention of your members. AGM 2015, May 21: Registration for the Annual General Meeting and Awards Dinner is still open. Please go to the following link: AGM 2015 Registration DGM 2015, June 11: All members are invited to the District General Meeting and the […] Read More
News
Collective Bargaining Bulletin Issue #32
May 12, 2015 • CB Issue 32 From the Provincial Office of OSSTF. A pdf of this document is attached. School Boards Bring OLRB Charge against OSSTF/FEESO At approximately noon today, OSSTF/FEESO was given informal notification that the Durham, Rainbow and Peel District School Boards were jointly filing an application with the Ontario Labour... Read More
Collective Bargaining Bulletin Issue #31
May 11, 2015 • CB Issue 31 From the Provincial Office of OSSTF. A pdf of this document is attached. Negotiations Update Teacher/Occasional Teacher Central Table Negotiations Update Over the past few days, informal discussions have continued between OSSTF/FEESO, the government of Ontario and the Ontario Public School Boards Association... Read More
ETFO Strike Actions
Sent May 10, 2015 Dear Member, On Monday, May 11, the members of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario across the province will begin strike action in the form of what in the past has been called a “work to rule.” This includes our colleagues in the TDSB, the Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT). […] Read More
Queen’s Park Notes for the week of May 4 – 8, 2015
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF. A pdf file of this document is attached. Education Minister Hints at Forcing Striking Teachers Back To Work After a bruising week in the Legislature, including calls for her resignation, Education Minister Liz Sandals revealed that a little-known government agency, the Education Relations Commission... Read More
Further to Strike Action by ETFO
Dear Branch President, Further to the message sent earlier today to all members, we are asking Branch Presidents who work in Junior High Schools and any other worksite shared with ETT members to contact your Executive Officer immediately if you become aware of any attempt by an administrator to urge, coerce or direct any of […] Read More
Strike Action By ETFO
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
Queen’s Park Notes for the week of APRIL 27-May 1, 2015
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF. A pdf file of this document is attached. Opposition Questions Government on OSSTF/FEESO Local Strikes As OSSTF/FEESO members in the Rainbow District School Board became the second Federation local to strike, pressure on the government increased in the Legislature. Under continued questioning by both... Read More
Branch President’s Update, May 6, 2015
Dear Branch President, Fair Deal Now Protests, Friday, May 8: Across the province on Friday, OSSTF members and supporters will gather at the constituency offices of local Liberal MPPs. In Toronto, we will gather at the office of Premier Kathleen Wynne. Branch Presidents are asked to do whatever they can to encourage members to […] Read More
Collective Bargaining Bulletin Issue #30
May 4, 2015 • CB Issue 30 From the Provincial Office of OSSTF. A pdf file of this document is attached. Negotiations Update Teacher/Occasional Teacher Central Table Negotiations Update After three consecutive days of talks at the Teacher/Occasional Teacher central bargaining table, negotiations between OSSTF/FEESO, the Ontario Public School... Read More