Dear Branch Presidents, We hope you and your members are managing well in these challenging times. Attached you will find a very short questionnaire about the remote learning model(s) being implemented at your Branch. It shouldn’t take more than a minute or two for you to complete. Having this information will allow us to know […] Read More
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Informing & Engaging Members November 6, 2020 – Call for Delegates to AMPA and more…
Annual Meeting of The Provincial Assembly (AMPA) 2021 – Call for Delegates! OSSTF’s Provincial Annual Meeting (AMPA) involves delegations of all OSSTF bargaining units from across the province. It is the supreme legislative body of OSSTF and is responsible for establishing and amending Federation Policies, Bylaws, and the Constitutions... Read More
Local Negotiations Update, November 6 2020
Local Negotiations Update, November 6, 2020 Under normal circumstances a round of local bargaining would be preceded by visits to worksites where, after being established in the Conceptual Brief, the priorities in bargaining would be reviewed with Members. The Conceptual Brief was approved by Council in accordance with our procedures however... Read More
President’s Memo November 5, 2020 – Call to Members to take ACTION NOW
President’s Memo November 5, 2020 – Call to Members to take ACTION NOW This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. The Toronto District School Board does not ‘prefer’ the simultaneous delivery of programming to both... Read More
OSSTF/FEESO Health and Safety Checklist for COVID-19 Issues for Worksite H&S Reps
OSSTF/FEESO Health and Safety Checklist for COVID-19 Issues for Members
President’s Memo November 5, 2020 – New parameters for remote learning
This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. From the day the TDSB told us that bricks-and-mortar sites would be responsible for the delivery of remote learning to students opting for Virtual School for Quad 2, and that each […] Read More
President’s Memo November 4, 2020 – Dinner and a Meeting: Your Union NEEDS YOU!
This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. Calling on all TTBU Members: You are needed to exercise your rights as a voting Member of OSSTF Toronto, and if you attend, we’ll pay for your dinner too! Unions are […] Read More
OSSTF Toronto President’s remarks to the TDSB Finance, Budget and Enrollment Committee re P/VP additional pay
On November 3, 2020 OSSTF President Toronto Leslie Wolfe made the following remarks via a verbal deputation to the TDSB’s Finance, Budget and Enrollment Committee. Deputations to Board Committees are limited to five minutes and must relate to a matter under consideration by the Committee. These remarks are in addition to the letter... Read More
Queen’s Park Notes for the week of October 5-9, 2020
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF NEW BILLS INTRODUCED BILL 223, HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AMENDMENT ACT (ELECTRONIC LOGGING DEVICES) PC MPP Vijay Thanigasalam (Scarborough—Rouge Park) introduced his private member’s bill that amends the Highway Traffic Act to require that operators ensure that each commercial motor vehicle that is under their... Read More