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Category Archives: Collective Bargaining
ETFO bringing class size fight to bargaining table
For Immediate Release – August 11, 2025 TORONTO, ON – In the spring, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) surveyed its 84,000 members to gather input to determine the Federation’s next round of central bargaining priorities for both the Teacher/Occasional Teacher Table and the Education Worker Table. Class size emerged as a unifying issueContinue reading “ETFO bringing class size fight to bargaining table”
Bill 124 win for education workers: Ford forced to pay, but education still shortchanged
TORONTO, ON — On January 16, 2024, OSSTF/FEESO and ETFO stood before an arbitratorto argue for a fair remedy to the Ford government’s unlawful Bill 124 wage suppressionlegislation affecting public sector workers. Today, Arbitrator William Kaplan issued his decision on a remedy, awarding members an additional 2.75 per cent compensation increase for 2021-2022, for aContinue reading “Bill 124 win for education workers: Ford forced to pay, but education still shortchanged”