CUPE strike: Picket locations for Monday, October 7

Should CUPE Toronto Education Workers be engaged in a full walk out on Monday, OSSTF Members are encouraged to join them in a show of solidarity either before or after work at one of their Toronto picket locations. As further information becomes available, we will continue to share it with you. Read More



CUPE strike announcement

At 10 a.m. this morning, Laura Walton, President of the Ontario School Boards Council of Unions, the representative of CUPE education workers, announced that they were giving the five days’ notice required by law before escalating their job action to a full walk out. OSSTF Toronto President Leslie Wolfe has spoken directly with John... Read More


October 1, 2019 • ISSUE 14 Update on Support Staff Central Table Bargaining

October 1, 2019 • ISSUE 14Update on Support Staff Central Table Bargaining OSSTF/FEESO met today with representatives from the government and the Council of Trustees’  Associations (CTA) at the Support Staff central bargaining table. This was the first Support Staff central table meeting since the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) ruled... Read More






OSSTF TTBU President’s Memo September 25, 2019

This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. Undermining public education Doug Ford said his government could balance the province’s books without cuts, but still seeks to cut over $1B from our schools.  This year the TDSB is... Read More


Update on Central Table Bargaining, September 24, 2019 • ISSUE 12

Update on Central Table Bargaining September 24, 2019 • ISSUE 12 Today, OSSTF/FEESO released both the Support Staff and Teacher/Occasional Teacher central table bargaining briefs to the public. In doing so, OSSTF/FEESO has taken the first step in an unprecedented approach to bargaining in the school board sector in Ontario.  At a media... Read More