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President’s Memo #3 – Friday, August 30, 2019; Staffing update & placement meeting extension
This memo is composed by OSSTF TTBU President Leslie Wolfe and reflects the positions and actions of the OSSTF Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive. Dear Members, On Wednesday August 28, 2019, the regularly scheduled Board-Wide Staffing meeting was held. Members placed during that meeting have been contacted. In an attempt to place as... Read More
2019-20 President’s Memo #2: Follow Up on Ministry Announcement re: Class Size
Dear Members As we cautioned in the last President’s Memo, the Minister’s announcement that the class size average would be 22.5 had nothing to do with any change in government direction. Instead it was the new Minister’s attempt to change the tune on the Ontario PC Government’s ongoing song: That a large government... Read More
2019-20 Informing & Engaging Members #1, Staffing #’s update; Signing Mutual Consent Forms; Labour Day; EduACTion, Week 1; and more…
Start in solidarity: Labour Day, 2019 – Organize, Educate, Resist Whether it’s your first time, or you’re a regular, there has never been a better time for you and your family to march with organized labour as a part of the OSSTF Toronto contingent in the 2019 Annual Labour Day Parade. We especially welcome […] Read More
August 22, 2019 • ISSUE 8 Update on Central Bargaining
Yesterday the Ontario Labour Relations Board convened a hearing in Toronto to determine which issues will be dealt with at central bargaining tables and which would be dealt with at local tables for both Support Staff and Teacher/Occasional Teacher negotiations. As was reported in previous Bargaining Bulletins, the government and the... Read More
2019-20 President’s Memo #1: Ministry Announcement re: Class Size
Dear Members, This morning the Ontario Progressive Conservative Government’s Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, held a press conference at which, among other things, he said there is a Regulation requiring a 22.5:1 class size average for the coming school year. He further said that this has always been the case, stating it was a... Read More
Update on Central Table Bargaining – July 15, 2019 • ISSUE 7
Update on Central Table Bargaining – July 15, 2019 • ISSUE 7 Today, the Ontario Labour Relations Board set August 22 as the hearing date to determine which issues would be dealt with at central tables and which at local tables for both OSSTF/FEESO Support Staff and Teacher/Occasional Teacher negotiations. Although arguments for both... Read More
Staffing Update – June 28, 2019
Dear Members, As of today, 329 of our colleagues learned that they are either without a job, or have only a partial placement. Specifically 282 TDSB high school teachers were told they do not have employment for September, while 47 learned their contract status is reduced to half time. Given the defunding of our schools […] Read More
President’s Memo – June 26, 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. President’s Memo – June 26, 2019 From booze to boos, and heartfelt thank you’s On behalf of the TTBU Executive, I want to extend our sincere gratitude to all of you […] Read More
2018-19 Branch Presidents Memo #7 – a message from President Leslie Wolfe
Dear Branch Presidents On behalf of the Executive, I am writing you to say thank you for the work you’ve done on behalf of OSSTF and your Members this year. Your leadership at the Branch level resulted in the engagement of members to a breadth and depth that we can be proud of. A union […] Read More