A New Year to Mobilize
Welcome back to the start of another school year! I hope you had a well-deserved rest, and were able to refresh and recharge over the summer.
Organizing
Letter from the Editor
With contracts expiring at the end of August, this issue of Voice focuses on collective bargaining. It also includes an interview with three local leaders.
From the Editor
As the school year begins, this issue of Voice considers where ETFO is in the collective bargaining process, the power and importance of organizing and mobilizing together, and what is at stake for public education.
Organizing for What Comes Next
Niki Kazemzadeh reflects on the power of ETFO members organizing together and the different opportunities to get involved at the local level.
Care, Not Corporatization
This year on International Women’s Day, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) called for a worker-centred economic strategy that puts women’s economic justice at its core.
The Fight for Local Voice: Why Democracy in Education Matters
A fundamental truth has guided our federation since its beginning: public education in Ontario is strongest when it is rooted in local democracy.
Solidarity by Design
Jen Reid and other organizers give advice on how to start a committee in your local.
Organizing is the Antidote to Feeling Powerless After Years of Cuts
We need a government that will bargain fairly with educators and other public sector workers.
From the Editor
The winter issue of Voice comes on the heels of a province-wide listening tour for ETFO released officers as members get ready for what is widely believed to be an early provincial election.
We Have Done It Before and We Can Do It Again – Together
We know that women, particularly those that are racialized and dealing with precarity in its different forms, bore the brunt of this pandemic.