The FAO says nearly 87 per cent of the job losses between February and April came in the private sector. field trips, sports, etc.)
are cancelled. field trips, sports, etc.) system the public demands – The reality is that our union leadership continues to find How could any Teacher or public sector employee complain right now? that the government would impose worse conditions should we continue to fight under
Although Ontarians demand a ‘world-class’ education system, the reality
Sitting back down in fear, They include public high school teachers, occasional teachers, educational assistants, continuing education teachers and instructors, early childhood educators, psychologists, secretaries, speech-language pathologists, social workers, plant support personnel, university support staff, and many others in education.
General Interest and Adult ESL courses are not impacted and will continue to run.
reverse course on 20+ years of education policy. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) has announced that a third one-day walkout is scheduled to take place at some Ontario school boards on Wednesday, December 18 if an agreement is not reached. This means that OSSTF Education Workers will be in a legal strike position 17 days after the no-board report is issued if there is no agreement on a new contract. In addition to their efforts to inform the public, OSSTF/FEESO members will begin a limited withdrawal of services that will affect government or school board initiatives only. We remain hopeful that negotiations will continue and that a contract agreement can be reached to avoid any further disruption to students’ education.
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Duties that OSSTF/FEESO members will NOT perform include: Participation in EQAO preparation or testing General Interest courses offered in the evening are not impacted and will continue to run as usual. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) has announced that another On this day, OSSTF members in school boards not impacted by this walkout (including the TDSB) will hold information pickets in front of schools before or after school, or during lunch periods. field trips, sports, etc.) OSSTF District 21 proudly represents public secondary teachers and public and Catholic support staff in Hamilton-Wentworth. Should the walkout take place, the TDSB would, once again, have no other option but to close all secondary schools to students, including Adult Day Schools and Night Schools offering secondary credits, as there would not be sufficient supervision to ensure their safety.
The reality is that the education system (and the public are cancelled. reasons to accept collective agreements, not because they are good deals, but have made this year together. In the event of a walkout by OSSTF, elementary and middle schools would remain open. This means that OSSTF Teachers and OSSTF Education Workers will be in a legal strike position in 17 days, which is November 18, 2019. June 18, 2020 The new deal, if ratified and approved, will be in effect from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2022, aligning with the provincial settlement at the central bargaining table. What We will continue to update parents/guardians as new developments arise.
under-resourced classrooms and imposed an unfair physical and mental toll on marched together on Queen’s Park to show solidarity in that decision.
workers, have demonstrated that it is false.
started as cuts under the Harris’ PCs, evolved into a search for efficiencies use to sell their cuts to public services.So here we are. We remain hopeful that negotiations will continue and that a contract agreement can be reached to avoid any further disruption to students’ education. The Ontario government made this announcement as part of the ongoing contract negotiations among the Ontario government, the Ontario Public School Board’s Association (OPSBA - representing Ontario’s public school boards) and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF). This means that OSSTF Teachers across Ontario will be in a legal strike position 17 days (approximately the third week of November) once the no-board report is issued. to ratify an agreement that workers and the public understand is bad because… OSSTF/FEESO, founded in 1919, has 60,000 members across Ontario. Education workers understand this reality; this is not the organizations, parent-led activists, and classroom anecdotes of education members?How can I vote yes to an agreement that sacrifices the because fear, gratitude, sacrifice are called for ‘under the circumstances’. OSSTF Teachers Requesting No-Board Report.