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Local strike vote results

Local strike vote results OSSTF Toronto Teachers Bargaining Unit Members have voted in unprecedented numbers to give the local bargaining team an overwhelming strike mandate. Ninety-one per-cent of TTBU Members cast a ballot resulting in a ninety-five per-cent vote in favour of job action in support of bargaining with the Toronto District... Read More

TTBU Informing & Engaging Members #11- Rallies for education; Write for Rights; Family winter party; Positive Space contest; and more…

EduACTion:  Rallies for Education November 13, Tell PC Treasury Board Chair Peter Bethlenfalvy we support communities, not cuts! 4-5:30PM, 1550 Kingston Road, Pickering November 15, Rally for Education at the constituency office of Minister for Education Stephen Lecce, 2220 King Road, King City.  3:00PM on. Join other activists in reminding... Read More

D12 Write for Rights, for International Human Rights Day

The D12 Human Rights Committee invites members to participate in Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign on December 9, 2019 (the day before International Human Rights Day), in a write-athon to be held at A Different Booklist. Each year, hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens from around the world participate in Write for... Read More

Adult Day School Strike Vote

Dear Adult Day School Branch Presidents, Please share the following memo with your Members. Voting YES to a strike – adult day school teacher bargaining The history of bargaining for the rights of adult day school Members as a separate entity began after former Progressive Conservative Premier Mike Harris cut the funding for students... Read More

OSSTF Toronto Strike Vote Instructions

Standing up for your rights as workers – vote yes to support strike action Not only do we face what amounts to an existential fight for publicly funded education as we know it – make no mistake, if this government is allowed to get away with the current cuts, it will be just the beginning […] Read More

OSSTF Toronto Telephone Town Hall Meeting

This evening OSSTF Toronto Teacher, Occasional Teacher and PSSP Members are meeting to hear about local and central bargaining strike votes, but we know not everyone was able to make it to the Convention Centre.  It is our aim to ensure that Members have every opportunity to make an informed decision about supporting the local […] Read More

Collective Bargaining Time Lines Chart

Dear Members, You may wish to review the attached document and/or print it and bring it with you to the General Membership Meeting on Monday.  It is a chart that outlines the time lines for bargaining under the Ontario Labour Relations Act.  If you have questions, please feel free to ask them at the meeting […] Read More