OSSTF TBU Central Strike Bulletin – Day 2: Time to create your Cell Phone Tree Check out the breadth of actions going on across Toronto by clicking the link! You are AMAZING! Dozens & dozens of TTBU Branches have submitted plans for Information Pickets, and are engaging multiple times a day, across the City! OSSTF […] Read More
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OSSTF Toronto TBU Central Strike Bulletin, Day 1: Limited Service Withdrawal Strike Rules Clarification & Info Picket updates
OSSTF Toronto TBU Central Strike Bulletin – Day 1 Information Pickets and Limited Service Withdrawal Strike Rules Clarification Congratulations on a fantastic Central Strike Day 1! Lots of attention to our message through earned media, and that’s exactly the plan. Check out this Metro Morning interview with TTBU Members Rob Mound... Read More
Update on Central Table Bargaining, November 26, 2019 • ISSUE 29
Update on Central Table Bargaining, November 26, 2019 • ISSUE 29 OSSTF/FEESO and the management teams have set bargaining dates for Wednesday and Thursday of this week. On Wednesday, November 27, OSSTF/FEESO will meet with representatives from the government and the Council of Trustees’ Associations (CTA) at the Support Staff central... Read More
TTBU All-Member Telephone Town Hall Meeting Reminder
TTBU All-Member Telephone Town Hall Meeting Reminder There will be an all-Member telephone town hall General TTBU Membership Meeting on Monday, November 25, 7:00 PM to review the OSSTF/FEESO Phase One Strike and associated rules, and to answer Members’ questions. To participate , answer your phone when we call around 7 PM on Monday. If... Read More
OSSTF TTBU President’s Memo – Central Strike Strike Action, Phase One – Getting your Branch ready for Tuesday
Central Strike Phase One As you will have read in the recent memo from Provincial OSSTF, rather than immediately using a full withdrawal of services, and in an effort to keep students in classrooms, as a first step, OSSTF/FEESO’s central negotiations strike strategy requires Members to engage parents and community much like OSSTF Toronto... Read More
CONFIDENTIAL TO OSSTF/FEESO MEMBERS – November 21, 2019
November 21, 2019 CONFIDENTIAL TO OSSTF/FEESO MEMBERS Dear OSSTF/FEESO Member: After months of fruitless negotiations at both the Teacher/Occasional Teacher and Education Worker tables, the Crown and School Board Association s (management teams) have left us with no choice but to take the next step in defending public education for the common... Read More
Update on Teacher/Occasional Teacher Central Table Bargaining – November 19, 2019 • ISSUE 27
Update on Teacher/Occasional Teacher Central Table Bargaining – November 19, 2019 • ISSUE 27 Yesterday and today OSSTF/FEESO representatives met with representatives from the government and the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) at the Teacher/Occasional Teacher central bargaining table. OSSTF/FEESO arrived yesterday... Read More
Branch President’s Memo – Class size; Strike prep; Council paper opt out
Dear Branch Presidents On behalf of the Executive and the Membership, thank you for the extra hours you put in to ensure a solid turn out to the General Membership Meeting, and to ensure the strike votes were properly implemented. As was stated at the Branch President’s Workshop, in a year where so much is […] Read More
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday, November 18, 2019 – OSSTF/FEESO members deliver strong strike mandate
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday, November 18, 2019 OSSTF/FEESO members deliver strong strike mandate (Toronto)—Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) members from across the province have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action should it become necessary in the current round of central bargaining... Read More
TTBU Informing & Engaging Members #12; Preparing for strike; E-learning panel discussion; Toothbrush Tuesday; Optional attendance/Secondary program review;
EduACTion Members who live in Ridings with PC MPP’s should have received an email earlier this week from President Leslie Wolfe asking you to reach out to the MPP with a message of concern regarding cuts to education. A letter, and a script for a phone message were both provided. If you haven’t yet […] Read More