There was an emergency evacuation at an Ontario school last October. Over a period of three days, staff had reported headaches and difficulty breathing. By the time the school was evacuated, some staff required medical help.
Imagine having over five hours of assigned supervision a week, in addition to a full teaching load. Not so long ago, there were some ETFO members in Ontario who did. If you’re a woman, imagine having to resign from your job if
The importance of the October provincial election and bargaining new collective agreements were President Sam Hammond's focus in his opening address to some 600 annual meeting delegates.
As ETFO educators, we want to make a difference in the lives of our students. We expect challenging and rewarding careers. What we don’t expect are working conditions that push stress levels toward burnout.
Quick quiz – how long is your collective agreement? 25
Educators across Ontario are swimming through an ever-growing alphabet soup of new initiatives introduced by the government, school boards, and principals.
In July, the Minister of Finance invited ETFO and other public sector unions to a meeting to discuss compensation.
Early Learning Program is the most dramatic transformation in the structure of elementary education that we have seen in years.
When school begins next September 2014, 600 Ontario elementary schools will open their first early learning program (ELP) classrooms.
Disputes are part of life, and that means they are part of the normal ebb and flow of any workplace. Key to the underlying philosophy of our labour laws is the notion that when disputes arise, it is