Media Releases

Comments: The Minister of Education Stephen Lecce continues to try to mislead the public as a way to distract from the real issues at the bargaining table. […]

Comments: After two frustrating days of negotiations on November 26 and 28, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is urging the government to demonstrate more progress next week on key issues at the bargaining table. […]

Comments: ETFO is commencing its “Phase 1” work-to-rule strike action across the province today. ETFO members will withdraw from Ministry of Education and school board activities while remaining in the classroom to instruct and support their students. […]

Comments: Starting today, ETFO is engaging in a series of local meetings to prepare members for a work-to-rule strike action that begins on Tuesday, November 26, 2019. […]

Comments: The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) today received a ‘no board’ report that it hopes is yet another call for school board bargaining agencies and the government to get serious about contract talks. […]

Comments: Four Ontario unions, representing teachers and education workers across Ontario’s publicly-funded education system, strongly condemn the passage of Bill 124 by the Doug Ford government today. […]

Comments: Today’s Ontario economic update and Ford’s fiscal priorities do nothing to reverse the deep cuts to public services, including public education, and the harm already done says the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO). […]

Comments: At today’s conciliation meeting, it became apparent that the government and school board agencies were not interested in arriving at a fair settlement. […]

Comments: Members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) have given their union a strong mandate for central strike action should it be needed during ETFO’s central bargaining negotiations... […]

Comments: There will be almost 1,000 fewer teachers in grades 4-8 elementary classrooms this year and larger class sizes according to an analysis released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) ... […]