OECTA deal highlights missed opportunity for Ontario’s teachers
Ontario’s Catholic teachers have ratified a tentative contract deal with the province, covering the next three years. On March 27, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’…
Ontario’s Catholic teachers have ratified a tentative contract deal with the province, covering the next three years. On March 27, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’…
This week the Peel District School Board (PDSB) announced to staff that it would be getting rid of all of the contained “communication classes” and…
Earlier this month, the Toronto Star published an article called, “A ‘crisis’ in GTA school staffing shortages is leading to cancelled classes, burnout and mounting…
Within the last three weeks, tenants at 10 Bay Street South in Hamilton have organized to demand better living conditions from their landlord. In this…
This agreement will give teachers three years to try and build the kind of organization needed to create pressure for a united front of teachers unions like we saw in 2019.
At the annual Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) meeting, union President Karen Brown announced that strike votes would be held in schools across the…
Wildfires are burning in several areas of Nova Scotia. A fire near the Halifax-area suburbs of Tantallon, Hammonds Plains, and the historic African Nova Scotian…
CUPE 3906 is gearing up for potential job action at McMaster University. Representing Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants-in-lieu, Sessional Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows, the members are…
Ford’s stunning reversal on Bill 28 shows when the working class unites and fights back it has the power to take on the Conservatives and win.
Dalhousie was back at the bargaining table briefly last week, showing they are concerned about the mounting pressure from students. As long as student and campus solidarity continues to build, workers at Dal will win their fight.
By pulling money away from the public education system, the Conservative’s catch-up payment scheme paves the way for privatization and pits the public against education workers fighting for better working and learning conditions.
CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions represents 55,000 education workers in Ontario. They are fighting for higher wages and better working conditions. Currently members are in the midst of a strike vote. Spring recently spoke with Laura Walton, the President of OSBCU – CSCSO, about how education workers are organizing to fight for decent wages and a fair contract.