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Latest Bulletins:                #46 – June 17

A Message to OSSTF/FEESO Members from President Paul Elliott – June 17, 2015 (Video – Members Only section – Login and Password Required)

OSSTF/FEESO Forum Magazine – Spring 2015(Full edition on PDF)

 

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Why teacher unions are good for education(Toronto Star)

COLIN MACKAY: Speed up negotiations(intelligencer.ca)

 

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OSSTF/FEESO Collective Bargaining Bulletins (Login and Password Required)
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Latest Bulletins:                #46 – June 17
A Message to OSSTF/FEESO Members from President Paul Elliott – June 17, 2015 (Video – Members Only section – Login and Password Required)
OSSTF/FEESO Forum Magazine – Spring 2015 (Full edition on PDF)

 Media / News Articles
Teacher lockout ‘last resort,’ says Liz Sandals (Toronto Star)
Toronto school board preparing for possible fall teachers’ strikes (Globe and Mail)
OPSBA – 4 minute crash course on Education in Ontario (YouTube)

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OSSTF/FEESO Collective Bargaining Bulletins (Login and Password Required)
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Latest Bulletins:                #46 – June 17
A Message to OSSTF/FEESO Members from President Paul Elliott – June 17, 2015 (Video – Members Only section – Login and Password Required)
OSSTF/FEESO Forum Magazine – Spring 2015 (Full edition on PDF)

 Media / News Articles
Treat teachers with respect, not derision (Waterloo Record)
Liberals the real culprits in teachers’ dispute (Northumberland Today)
No extracurriculars this fall without contract, Ontario high school teachers warn (Toronto Star)

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A Message to OSSTF/FEESO Members from President Paul Elliott – June 17, 2015 (Video – Members Only section – Login and Password Required)

OSSTF/FEESO Update – Vol. 42 No. 8 (Latest edition – social media friendly version)

 

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No extra-curricular activities for some students unless deal is reached (CTV News)

Ontario Premier Wynne says central-local split in teacher bargaining will stay (Globe and Mail)

Secondary teachers haven’t had a collective agreement since Sept. 1, 2014 (Barrie Examiner)

 

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We're here, we made it, it's the last day of classes.  My daughter tried fervently to convince me to let her skip today "no one is going so the teachers won't be doing anything anyway".  I feel that won't be the case at OD/Park in Orillia though.  This is their last day as that school.  They already had a 'last day' when ODCVI and Park St closed respectively but this is different.  When that happened, most of the teachers carried on.  Most of the other staff members carried on.  The two student bodies joined together and for the last two years, have worked as one very cohesive group.  This IS the last day with those students for some of those teachers.  Some of those teachers taught those students' parents. That combined student body will stay the same.  The rest of the staff will stay the same.  They will actually start in the same building since the new one isn't ready.  Some of the teachers though won't be returning.  The staff who won't be returning don't feel valued.  They don't feel respected.  They don't feel like their contributions mattered.  This is a very difficult day for them.  Some have been re-assigned to a location over an hour away.  Many had worked in Orillia for 20+ years.  As you celebrate the last day with students wherever you teach, give a thought to what the teachers at OD/Park must be feeling, the teachers who will be returning and those who won't.  Some of the teachers actually decided to retire, perhaps earlier than they had planned, as a result of this process.  I send positive thoughts their way and ask you to do the same.  Let us not take thought for our separate interests but let us help one another.

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OSSTF/FEESO Update – Vol. 42 No. 8 (Latest edition – social media friendly version)

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A school year without a contract (OSSTF/FEESO Update – Vol. 42 No. 8)
Toronto elementary students to receive grades in July: TDSB (CP24 – Video: Mobile friendly version)
TVDSB elementary students will not receive report cards this year (AM980)
Teacher union demands would cost $3.2 billion, boards say (Toronto Star)
Teachers urge trustees to speak up (blackburnnews.com)

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Teachers’ union holds mass picket in Blue Mountain (CTV News Barrie - Video)     
Class size shaping up as battleground in teachers’ contract negotiations (Windsor Star)
Peel board, OSSTF holding media blackout until bargaining process complete (CityNews)
TDSB students won’t get final report cards (thedailyobserver.ca)
School board working on report cards (brantfordexpositor.ca)

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Ontario teachers in legal strike position in September (CHEX Television Peterborough – Video)
Strike not just about teachers – Letters to the Editor in response to Editorial “Students should not be used as bargaining chips” – June 1 (Toronto Star)
No money to hire report-card help, province says (Toronto Star)

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OSSTF/FEESO Collective Bargaining Bulletins (Login and Password Required)
**Lost your login or password?  Call Provincial Office or email [email protected]Latest Bulletins:
#42 – June 1                       #43 – June 3                       #44 – June 9

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Ontario teachers gearing up for fall job action (Mississauga News)
New report highlights gaps in Ontario’s public school system (CTV News – Video)
Annual report shows gaps between policy and reality (People for Education)
Premier must take responsibility and end chaos in our schools – NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (YouTube)

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As the number of electronically-delivered courses grows, we question their impact on student learning, staffing of schools and member workload.  OSSTF is conducting a study on this and has employed an external research consultant to facilitate the study.  Part of that research will include data from teachers and support staff regarding their own experiences with this new delivery method.  You can play a part in that research by completing a survey.  Please consider visiting www.osstf.on.ca/eLearningSurveys to complete the survey by June 30th.  All of the data will be compiled and presented to OSSTF's Annual Meeting of the Provincial Assembly in March 2016.  Thank you in advance for your input!