Collective Bargaining

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  

The word steward comes from  an  Old English term  meaning “house guardian.” It  is  a  word with  a  long   and honourable history within religious institutions, land management, the  military,  the  transpo

Enforcement follows bargaining as summer follows spring.