As CUPE and the four Ontario teachers’ unions announce their plans for strike votes in November, CUPE-OSBCU, the union representing 57,000 Educational Assistants, caretakers, office…
OECTA, OSBCU and ETFO are providing a lead in the Ontario education worker by calling for strike votes. Ensuring good turnout and huge YES votes will be crucial to maintaining the pressure on the government.
Monthly anti-Ford protest rallies across Ontario have been ongoing since February 2026. The province-wide actions, originally started after Ford changed freedom of information laws to…
Education is a weak point for Ford and his government, and is a potential place where he can be defeated. That requires the unions to stay united and the for the existing public support for education workers to be organized.
Across Ontario, parents are watching specialized classrooms disappear. As supports shrink and staffing levels decrease, children with disabilities are being left behind. Students with disabilities…
On April 29, education workers across Ontario participated in a province-wide day of action. What began as an effort by one teachers union to wear…
Peel Education Workers United (PEWU), a coalition of the 12 unions that represent more than 23,000 education workers in the Peel District School Board (PDSB),…
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra named supervisors to run the Peel District School Board (PDSB) and the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) this past…
The Ford government announced on January 28 that it was moving to put two more Ontario school boards under its direct control. The Peel District…
Bill 33, the so-called Supporting Children and Students Act, passed a final vote in the Ontario legislature on November 19. The Bill gives the Ontario…
The Alberta Teachers (represented by the Alberta Teachers Association) is set to strike on October 6, 2025, unless a deal is reached before then. This…
Rumours have begun to surface that Paul Calandra has plans to collapse Ontario’s 72 school boards into just four: English Public, English Catholic, French Public…
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