Voices

The past year of negotiations has been a difficult one, but ETFO members have continued to stand strong and, through their solidarity, demonstrate that we are a force to be reckoned with.

Working with electrical equipment is wired into an educator’s day. We handle SMART Boards, computers, audio-visual carts, and extension cords. If this wiring and equipment is damaged, faulty, or misused, it can become an electrical hazard.

As locals completed filing their no board reports, each moved into a legal strike position.

The past year of negotiations has been difficult for ETFO and other public sector unions. With the release of the Drummond report in February, the government began a systematic assault on public sector workers.

Teachers and schools have a key role to play in our planet’s future. Environmental education is a key component for creating a generation of students who understand that each of us can powerfully affect the fate of the natural world, environmental systems and their sustainability.

Thousands of ETFO and other union members,  concerned  citizens,  and students converged on Queen’s Park on August 28 for the Rally for Education.

Bill 115 is the legislation that was passed by the Liberal government to legislate ETFO collective agreements and those of other education unions.

Educators come to their profession as a calling. We do so because we believe we have something important to contribute to the children who will shape our society and build our future.

The second International Summit on the Teaching Profession held in March in New York included national teacher unions and education officials from 24 countries/regions with high-performing and rapidly improving educational systems.