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Four major Ontario teachers’ unions taking legal action against provincial government

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Association des enseignantes et des enseignants frano-ontariens, coronavirus, COVID-19, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), formal appeals, health and safety, Kingston, Minister Stephen Lecce, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour, Ontario, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), physical distancing, Premier Doug Ford, Return to School Plan, safety measures

The four largest teacher and education worker unions in the province is filing formal appeals with the Ontario Labour Relations

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Four major education unions to stage province-wide walkout next week

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Tori Stafford 3 Comments AEFO, Association des enseignantes et des enseignants frano-ontariens, Doug Ford, elementary schools, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Kingston, Minister Lecce, one-day province-wide strike, one-day province-wide walkout, Ontario, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Ontario government, Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), secondary schools

For the first time since 1997, teachers and education workers in Ontario’s elementary and secondary school will all participate in

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OECTA announces province-wide walkout next week

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments ALCDSB, Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, English Catholice schools, Ford governement, Kingston, Liz Stuart, Minister Lecce, one-day province-wide walkout, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), teachers strike, union negotiations

The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) has announced it is planning a second one-day, province-wide walkout on Tuesday, Feb.

Catholic teachers to take province-wide strike action on January 21

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Cris Vilela 0 Comments Catholic School Board, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), teachers, teachers strike

The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) has announced that all of its members will be engaging in a one-day

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ETFO, OECTA set to take job action Monday unless agreements reached

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments ALCDSB, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), extracurricular activities, Ford governement, Government of Ontario, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), teachers strike, work action

Elementary schools within the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) and all schools within the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School