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Members of your union Executive visited Ben R. McMullin PS to bring Red For Ed treats on the province-wide Day of Action and a solidarity message.
We’re looking for a few members who would like to lend their ideas, meet some colleagues, and help make things happen in our local!
We have spots available on three committees:
You don’t need to have committee experience, and you don’t have to know exactly what you can contribute. If you have an idea, an interest, or simply want to get more involved, we’d love to hear from you.
Committee work is a great way to have your voice heard, connect with other members, and help shape what our local does.
Interested? Please reach out to Ryan at ac.ltoa@serp.
On Wednesday, September 16, ETFO members will join teachers and education workers across Ontario for a province-wide Day of Action to defend publicly funded education.
How can I participate?
Wear red, join your colleagues and all education workers at your site for a group photo, and flood social media with #OntEdUnited and #Red4Ed to show our collective strength! Use ETFO’s online submission form to send in your photos.
Together with OSSTF, OECTA, AEFO, OSBCU, OPSEU, EWAO, and OCEW, we represent more than 275,000 workers. We are united in demanding properly funded and fully staffed schools, better learning and working conditions, and real respect for the people who make public education possible.
The Ford government is counting on division. We are standing together.
Back-to-school season is here! While a new school year brings so much excitement, it also means pouring your time and energy into the students whose lives you help shape every day. Education is incredibly rewarding and meaningful work, but it can also be mentally and physically demanding. This year, get ahead of burnout and make time to choose yourself.
For a limited time, eligible education professionals can receive:
20% OFF 5 OR 10 PUSH PASSES
OR
20% OFF THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF A MEMBERSHIP
HOW TO REDEEM:
This offer is available until September 14th, 2026, and is intended exclusively for eligible education professionals.
For more information about PUSH, our class options, and what to expect, please visit our website here: https://www.
TORONTO, ON – L’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), Ontario School Board Council of Unions (CUPE-OSBCU), Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), and Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) presidents issued the following statement:
“Despite Minister of Education Paul Calandra’s many assurances that we would have collective agreements in place before Labour Day, teachers and education workers across Ontario will be welcoming students back next week without new contracts.
In March, we urged the government to allow bargaining to begin early. Instead of engaging in negotiations in early spring and showing a real commitment to stability and improving student success and well-being, Minister Calandra dismissed our call and confidently announced he was ‘optimistic’ deals could be reached before Labour Day. He was wrong. His repeated misplaced optimism makes painfully clear just how out of touch he is with the state of Ontario’s publicly funded education system and the complexity of the bargaining process.
Friday, September 11
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Mulligan’s Irish Pub, SSM
Join us for our Welcome Back Social! We’ll cover your appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks while you relax, reconnect, and kick off the new school year with your fellow occasional teachers.
The Lianne Wyatt Member Benevolent Fund is available to assist ETFO members in a time of financial crisis.
To apply, you must be an active member in good standing, experiencing financial hardship, and meet the requirements of the fund guidelines. Under the fund, members may apply for a lifetime maximum grant of $5,000.
Requests will only be accepted using the online application form. Please do not email applications or personal documentation. More information can be found at members.etfo.ca.
It is important that ETFO Provincial has your most up-to-date contact information, including a personal (non-work) email address and a mobile or home phone number. This ensures you receive important updates about central bargaining, strike votes, and potential job action.
Please take a moment to update your information and stay connected.
As the end of the school year draws closer, please turn your attention to any instances of missed preps during the school year.
Daily OTs
Please fill out this form anytime you miss a regularly scheduled prep period while on a daily assignment. A link to this form is always available on our website.
Our grievance on this issue is scheduled for arbitration on April 22, 2027. Let us know about your missed preps to be included for possible remedy.
LTO Teachers
Use the Timesheet for Prep Payback to claim payment for the days you missed prep and did not receive in-person prep payback. Claim these days at the end of your assignment, or at the end of the school year, whichever is sooner.
Today, Ontario’s education unions — L’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Ontario School Board Council of Unions (CUPE-OSBCU), and Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) — each served notice to bargain on employer bargaining agencies, and informed the provincial government who is a participant at the table.
Together, our unions represent more than 255,000 teachers and education workers across Ontario. United in our commitment to publicly funded education, we are prepared to engage in meaningful negotiations focused on supporting students and strengthening learning and working conditions in schools across the province.