Fund Our Schools – Take Action!  Last week, the Education Minister announced that he is launching a financial investigation into the TDSB. The Minister is threatening to take over the TDSB if it fails to adopt a balanced budget. Currently the budget shortfall is 58 million dollars.   The root of the issue is underfunding. The […] Read More

TTBU Annual General Meeting & Celebration Dinner – May 15, 2025. Last Chance to Reserve Your Seat for Dinner!  The OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Annual General Meeting and Celebration Dinner is being held on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at the Toronto Don Valley Hotel and Suites. Due to the event venue’s need for... Read More

OSSTF Health and Safety Inspector Job Posting, 2025 The Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit (TTBU) of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, District 12, Toronto, is seeking applications for three (3) OSSTF Health and Safety Inspector positions. DUTIES – Start Date: 1 July 2025 Comply with all duties as outlined by the Occupational... Read More

TDSB Budget  The TDSB is currently facing a 70.30 million dollar budget shortfall. By law, school boards are required to balance their budgets by June 20 of each year. For the last couple of years, the TDSB has had to use its reserves to balance the budget. This year, they are no longer able to […] Read More

Dear Member, Toronto City Council is considering implementing massive restrictions to our charter rights to free speech and free assembly by restricting pickets and protests at a variety of sites across the city. If put in place, it could make virtually all protests and pickets in Toronto unlawful. If these restrictions are implemented it... Read More

Call of TTBU By-Elections  OSSTF TTBU Vice-President Chris Chandler has been elected to the OSSTF/FEESO Provincial Executive, and his term will end on June 30, 2025. The TTBU Executive congratulates him. According to the TTBU Constitution, an Executive Officer must fill a mid-term vacancy as Vice-President. This will create an Executive... Read More

Surplus Teacher Information Meeting – April 24, 2025, 4:30 PM On April 24, 2025, from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm at 1482 Bathurst Street, the Toronto Teacher Bargaining Unit Staffing Officers will host an information session for Members declared 0.5 or 1.0 surplus to their schools. Dinner will be served at this meeting. Members can […] Read More

The OSSTF Toronto Human Rights Committee Awards has been established to honour outstanding OSSTF members (TBU, OTBU, and PSSP) who have demonstrated leadership in any of the following categories: COMMUNITY IMPACT – Locally, Provincially, or Globally EQUITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS WORK ADVOCACY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE The District Human Rights Awards may... Read More

The Camille Natale Awards 2025 The annual Camille Natale Awards reflect OSSTF Toronto’s belief in the power of student action to make a difference for peace, social justice, equity and human rights locally and globally. The awards are administered by both the District’s Communications and Political Action and Human Rights Committees. Awards... Read More

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