Nine unions affiliated with the Fédération autonome de l’enseignement (FAE), representing 65,500 elementary and secondary school teachers in Quebec have voted in favour of unlimited…
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…
Class Action: How Ontario’s Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force by Andy Hanson (Between the Lines, 2021) Andy Hanson’s Class Action is an accessible and…
In January 2020, four of Ontario’s major teachers and education workers unions took job action against Ford’s government’s cuts to public education. The strikes gained…
The Ontario government seems intent on pushing ahead with its plan for a full-blown return to school in September. The government’s plan does not provide…
The Ontario government revealed its plan for reopening schools on July 30. The plan promises school boards an extra $309 million in targeted funding and…
On July 29, the BCNDP government announced its plan for re-starting schools in September. This announcement goes against the current Covid-19 safety measures that the…
On Friday, February 21, for the first time in over 20 years, all four of Ontario’s education unions will be walking out in protest to…
As horns honked during the morning rush hour along Bloor Street near Christie Pits, teachers waved back at their supporters. The West End Alternative School located…
Elementary school teachers in Toronto, York, and Ottawa-Carlton staged a one-day strike on Monday, hoping to pressure the Ford Government into abandoning planned cuts to…
The ruling class is threatened by the power of strikes because they are effective, and 2018 saw waves of strikes around the world that proved…
