For Immediate Release: May 4, 2015 From the Provincial Office of OSSTF (Toronto)—The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) is disappointed to report that bargaining with the Government of Ontario and its school board partners, represented by the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) has failed to reach an... Read More
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MEDIA RELEASE: OSSTF Teachers in Peel Region on strike
For Immediate Release: May 4, 2015 From the Provincial Office of OSSTF (Mississauga)—District 19, Peel of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) is disappointed to report that an agreement has not been reached through negotiations with the Peel District School Board, and high school teachers and occasional teachers... Read More
Collective Bargaining Bulletin Issue # 29
April 30, 2015 • CB Issue 29 From the Provincial Office of OSSTF. A pdf file of this document is attached. Negotiations Update Teacher/Occasional Teacher Central Table Negotiations Update In CB Issue 28, we reported that no meaningful progress had been made at the Teacher/Occasional Teacher central table, and that as of April 24 no […] Read More
Branch President’s Update, April 30, 2015
Dear Branch President, Please bring the following items to the attention of your members: Negotiations 101: A primer on bargaining under Bill 122 with explanations of terms such as “Provincial Responsibility for Negotiations” (PRN) and “No Board Report” has been posted on our website under Bargaining: Negotiations 101. This link has also... Read More
Negotiations 101
Dear Member, At the April 24, 2015 meeting of the OSSTF Provincial Council, all teacher bargaining units in the province were placed into “Provincial Responsibility for Negotiations” and Provincial OSSTF Collective Bargaining Bulletin # 28 was issued. Your local Bargaining Unit Executive has received questions about the new bargaining... Read More
Strike 2015 Picket Locations and Schedules
The Provincial Office of OSSTF will maintain an up-to-date list of the pickets of the bargaining units on strike. Please go to http://www.osstf.on.ca/en-CA/labour-action-2015 for locations and picket schedules for D3 Rainbow and D13 Durham. Once the strike in Peel begins, their picket locations and schedule will be posted there too... Read More
2015-2016 Staffing Update Memo #1 – April 30, 2015
As members know, the staffing process for 2014-15 ended with all Surplus/Recall List members being placed into FTE-equivalent positions to those they held last year. Therefore, no one lost their job. Now the staffing process 2015-16 school year is well underway. All members completed Seniority Verification Forms in January, school staff... Read More
MEDIA RELEASE: New poll shows strong support for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation’s position on talks with government
April 28, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From the Provincial Office of OSSTF (Toronto)— A new poll of almost 1000 residents in Sudbury and Durham conducted by The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) shows overwhelming support for the union representing Ontario’s high school teachers. The poll, conducted April 22-23 by... Read More
Queen’s Park Notes for the week of APRIL 20-24, 2015
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF. A pdf file of this document is attached. Liberals Unveil 2015 Budget With OSSTF/FEESO members focused on the strike by teachers in the Durham District School Board, Premier Kathleen Wynne and her governing Liberals introduced their 2015 budget. Released two days after the Federal Conservative budget... Read More
MEDIA RELEASE – Talks Fail — OSSTF/FEESO Rainbow teachers on strike April 27
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF SUDBURY, ON – Apr 25 2015 — District 3, Rainbow, of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) is disappointed to report that negotiations with the Rainbow District School Board have failed to result in an agreement and high school teachers and occasional teachers will be on strike... Read More