1,300 students sign up for walkout
Ontario teachers mistreated, organizer claims More than 1,300 high school students in the local public board are indicating they’ll walk out of classes Wednesday to protest how their teachers are being treated by the McGuinty government. “With the legislation that they introduced, they basically took the teacher’s right to strike away so that they would […]
Bill “seriously impairs fundamental rights in a manner that cannot be justified in a free & democratic society,”
Sukanya Pillay, a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, speaks during a press conference in Toronto on Thursday August 30, 2012 held by the CUPE, ETFO and OSSTF to voice their opposition to a bill which affects the rights of Ontario education workers to collective bargaining. The Association issued a stern warning about the […]
Bill 115: School boards big loser!
from: The “crisis” in education – Part 2 Bill 115 “…will result in a major shift in control over Ontario’s education system. The Bill [gives] the provincial government a number of new legal rights: to impose contracts, ban strikes and lock-outs (and even the threat of strikes) and circumvent the courts, the Human Rights Code […]
High-quality, publicly-funded education
Many mocked us, many vilified us, many told us we would achieve nothing. But after a wave of student mobilization in Quebec through the spring and summer, we can count our victories: on the first day of the new PQ government’s term, it cancelled a tuition hike and repealed an anti-protest law that curbed basic […]
TDSB meetings this week
All committee meetings at Toronto District School Board, 5050 Yonge St, and open to the public unless marked “private“. TTC: North York Centre subway. Look for agenda details and documents at tdsb.on.ca/boardroom prior to each meeting. Monday 24 September LEARNING TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLANNING, 12 noon, Cte Room A Agenda Includes: – e-Summer School Results (oral […]
Court challenge
Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario, announced Andrew Lokan, from the law firm Paliare Roland, has been retained to begin legal proceedings challenging Bill 115’s constitutionality. Brampton Guardian Torstar News Service file photo
Teachers mourn Bill 115’s passing
Several hundred teachers, many clad in black, attended a public school board meeting Tuesday night in unified protest against the Liberal government’s new education legislation. About 300 teachers, mostly local members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), filled the Peel District School Board’s meeting room beyond its seating capacity. The regular twice-monthly meeting […]
Bill 115 attacks constitutional rights
Bill 115 is “an unprecedented attack on the civil liberties and constitutional rights of educational workers.” -Canadian Civil Liberties Association. A legal challenge has been launched. Meanwhile many provisions of Bill 115 are unclear & will be the subject of ongoing disputes.
Teachers ponder 1 day strike – cbc
The passage Tuesday of anti-strike legislation in Ontario has some teachers considering cutting back on their extra-curricular work and donning black armbands in protest. The Liberal government’s Bill 115 will force new contracts on the majority of teachers and education workers in the province in an effort to help eliminate Ontario’s $15-billion deficit. The legislation […]
Rights funeral 7pm Queens Park
Devastated by a far-reaching anti-worker bill set to pass legislature early next week, education workers will convene a funeral for collective bargaining rights on the lawn of Queen’s Park, Monday September 10, at 7 pm. Workers and friends will reflect on our loss and ready ourselves for Tuesday morning Sept 11th when Liberal Bill 115 […]