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Information and Views on Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation Proposal for Binding Interest Arbitration Discussion has begun on the agreement between the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) provincial executive, endorsed by a majority of the district presidents and chief negotiators, and the Ford government in Ontario to resolve the government-imposed impasse in bargaining through …

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How Teachers Won the Right to Strike – Dr. Chantal Mancini The following history of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation’s (OSSTF) fight for the right to strike is provided by Dr. Chantal Mancini, Former President of OSSTF Hamilton Teachers’ Bargaining Unit. It was posted on Twitter in the context of the current discussion over …

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Message to Members from Secondary School Teachers’ Toronto Bargaining Unit On September 7, prior to the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) provincial town hall meeting on the idea of giving up the right to strike in this round of negotiations and going to voluntary binding interest arbitration, the executive of OSSTF District 12 representing …

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Ontario Teachers’ and Education Workers’ Unions to Hold Strike Votes All teachers in the K-12 publicly funded education system in Ontario and many education workers have been without a new contract since August 31, 2022 when their previous contract expired. The previous contract was negotiated under the conditions of the Ford government’s unconstitutional wage-suppressing legislation, …

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A Way Forward Can Be Found by Refusing to Submit to Dictate and Addressing Conditions in Schools – Empower Yourself Now – The education workers of CUPE-Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) broke new ground for the entire labour movement in November 2022, when they defied the Ford government’s attempt to impose a contract …

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