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Public elementary school teachers in Ontario are taking a step toward a strike, with the union announcing Monday that it will be asking members to vote in favour of a walkout. The president of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario told members at the union's annual general meeting that the union has come to the bargaining table with proposals on special education, class sizes, violence in schools and wages that keep up with inflation. In response, she said, the government has "refused to meaningfully engage" and has put forward proposals that are tantamount to cuts to salaries, benefits and working conditions. "We have reached a tipping point," Karen Brown said in a speech. "ETFO's patience has run out. Our members' patience has run out. We now need to pressure this government to come to the table and start to bargain with us seriously."

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June  1, 2020

The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario stands in solidarity with communities in Canada and the United States protesting the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota and the suspicious death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet in Toronto when police were called to her home for assistance. ETFO recognizes the multiple and systemic ways that anti-Black racism is reproduced and enacted every day including through targeted policing, in our public education system, health care system and in  many other institutions.

ETFO is deeply concerned about the ongoing systemic and individual forms of anti-Black racism in our communities and beyond.

It is a fatal destructive force in our society and local communities, affecting students, adults and families here in Ontario. While individual acts of anti-Black racism occur daily, systemic anti-Black racism within institutions oppresses entire Black populations on an ongoing basis.

Education systems are not immune. In the past two years, several school boards have come under intense scrutiny for allowing and perpetrating anti-Black racism in their practices. We need to hold school boards, and the provincial government, accountable to existing anti-Black racism policies and push for more such policies to be introduced.

ETFO is committed to working with its educators to stop anti-Black racism and teach ways to unlearn it. From our ground-breaking workshops on white privilege introduced several years ago to our continuing professional resources in response to the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent, ETFO has called its members to action to fight anti-Black racism.

As a union dedicated to equity and social justice, our goal is to empower educators with the tools and resources they need to make schools and classrooms welcoming and inclusive. Addressing and challenging anti-Black racism and supporting Black students and others demands our dedicated efforts if we are to help shape a society where the human rights of every individual are respected.

ETFO extends its deepest condolences to the families of Regis Korchinski Paquette and George Floyd and those of others who have felt the impact of police violence and anti-Black racism.

Members of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) have voted overwhelmingly in support of a possible strike.

Union members voted 98 per cent in favour of job action amid rising tensions between teachers' unions and the province.

ETFO president Sam Hammond called it a "solid, overwhelming strike vote" for Canada's largest teachers' union.

Teachers have voiced concerns around issues including class sizes, a lack of front-line assistance and violence in classrooms.

Hammond said those concerns have "fallen on deaf ears" during negotiations with the Ford government.

ETFO, which represents 83,000 public elementary teachers, occasional teachers and educational professionals, conducted the votes in September and October.

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President of The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, Sam Hammond announces that the ETFO will be endorsing the Ontario NDP and Andrea Horwath in the Ontario election.

This is the first time the ETFO has endorsed any political party. The ETFO is Ontario’s largest education related union and represents 81,000 teachers.

Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) Tentative Deal

“Ontario’s elementary teachers’ union has reached a tentative deal with the provincial government, ending months of job action. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), the country’s largest education union with 83,000 members, said on Friday evening that it would suspend strike action, pending the results of the ratification vote. ... Education Minister Stephen Lecce said in a statement that the tentative agreement with ETFO “builds further momentum for deals" and follows last week’s tentative deal with the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association.”

“All four main teachers unions have been engaged in job action over the past few months as tensions with the government have risen. The only two unions without agreements are the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation and the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens.”

The Globe and Mail, March 20, 2020: “Ontario elementary teachers’ union reaches tentative deal with province,” by Caroline Alphonso

ETFO, March 20, 2020: “ETFO reaches tentative agreements at central bargaining tables”

Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, March 20, 2020: “OPSBA/CTA Reaches Tentative Agreement with ETFO at the Central Bargaining Table”

Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) Tentative Deal

Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association, March 12, 2020: “OECTA Statement on Reaching Tentative Agreement” (1 page, PDF)

All eyes on Ontario teachers: some set for bargaining, others plan more strikes

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TORONTO – This week could be a key one in the ongoing and contentious contract talks between Ontario teachers and the government.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce has said the ball is now…