Your Federation: Winter 2022
The Winter 2022 Your Federation covers the Fall Representative Council, ETFO Humanity Fund, Treaties Recognition Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Politics
ETFO Bargaining Goals
ETFO develops bargaining goals for each round of collective bargaining for its teacher, occasional teacher, Designated Early Childhood Educator, Education Support Personnel and Professional Support Personnel members.
Your Federation – Annual Meeting 2022
A report from ETFO’s first in-person Annual Meeting since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Your Federation - Summer 2022
Spring Representative Council meeting recap; Honouring Vic Medland; National Indigenous Peoples Day and Pride 2022.
It is Time to Make Sure Students and Educators Get the Support They Deserve
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated concerns about large class sizes, the physical condition of schools and the government’s failure to provide appropriate funding to meet the needs of all students, particularly students with special education needs and those from marginalized communities.
Bargaining ETFO Collective Agreements
Heather Aggus looks at ETFO’s recent history of challenging and pushing back against successive governments in Ontario.
The Time is Now
Munib Sajjad considers the impact that organizing will have on the future of public education.
Your Federation: Spring 2022
President Brown opened the February meeting of the Representative Council by acknowledging Black History Month and asking members to take concrete action by supporting MPP Laura Mae Lindo’s private member’s bill to embed the language of equity in the Education Act.
Organizing for Election 2022
The only way for us to ensure a just and equitable recovery and the safety and wellbeing of our communities is to organize, mobilize and vote for the government we need.