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Are you interested in contract negotiations and want to improve occasional teachers’ working conditions? Apply to join the local CB Committee for the next round of bargaining and take an active role in creating change for OTs!
Applications will be accepted until Thursday, March 31 at 5:00 p.m. Please contact Ryan if you have any questions.
Saturday, May 7
Breakfast at 9:00 a.m., business to follow
The Water Tower Inn, SSM
AOTL members are invited to join us at 9:00 for a complimentary breakfast and socializing, followed by business. Mileage and an accommodation subsidy will be provided to out-of-town members. Everyone who attends will be eligible to win a free AQ course!
Please RSVP here.
Proposed constitution amendments have been distributed to members via personal email.
TORONTO, ON – Over the past two years, the Ford government repeatedly made ineffective decisions that unnecessarily prolonged the pandemic, and jeopardized the health and safety of students and education workers. Students in Ontario experienced longer disruptions to in-person learning than anywhere else in Canada, and are once again at risk of further disruptions due to the government’s decision to prematurely lift the mask mandate in schools on March 21.
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality.
AOTL celebrates the amazing women in our schools and the incredible impact they have each and every day.
The ETFO Provincial Executive made a decision to donate $25,000 to the Canadian Red Cross for the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis.
In the last 24 hours, locals have donated more than $20,000. AOTL has proudly supported this worthy cause by placing a $250 donation that will be matched by the Provincial body.
Update: As of March 4, ETFO and its locals have committed to donating over $94,000.
You can make a personal donation to the Canadian Red Cross here.
ETFO members are working through one of the most challenging times in our history!
ETFO, along with other education front-line workers, have been fighting hard to ensure safe working and learning conditions during this pandemic and to demand fairness and justice for all workers. Show your solidarity with others when you wear RED for ED each and every Friday beginning on Feb 11!
Take pictures of yourself and colleagues wearing red and share them on social media using the hashag #RedforEd.
Click below to read an open letter from ETFO President Karen Brown to Premier Doug Ford regarding the distressing ongoing protest/occupation in Ottawa, and other protests that are occurring throughout the province.
These events are a reminder of the urgency of ETFO’s work to promote equity, social justice, and human rights.
Justice Thomas R. Lederer has issued his decision on a remedy to an Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling in April 2016 that recognized the Ontario government violated the collective bargaining rights of educators when it imposed Bill 115 in the fall of 2012. The award of damages—$103,100,000—to the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is significant.
TORONTO, ON – Last night, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) learned, from reporters on social media, that the Ford government is moving ahead with a return to in-person learning on January 17. The lack of direct confirmation is both disheartening and troubling, especially since ETFO members have been on the front lines throughout the pandemic, and have valid concerns about their safety and that of students.
TORONTO, ON – Over the winter break and following last week’s announcement, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) advocated for a short delay to the restart of in-person learning so that additional protections could be in place before students and education workers return. Given the rapid spread of Omicron across Ontario, today’s announcement is a safer decision than the one made last week, but additional action is still needed.