Elementary Teachers

• Ontario elementary teachers hold strike votes until Oct. 17

  Teachers in Ontario's public elementary schools are set to start voting Monday on whether they want to give their union a strike mandate.

  Education

  Sep 18, 2023
  
• Ontario elementary teachers’ union, province reach tentative agreement

  “This has been a very prolonged and difficult bargaining process,” ETFO president Sam Hammond said in a statement. 

  Education

  Mar 20, 2020
  
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• Elementary schools closed as teachers hit the picket line in 2nd Ontario-wide strike

  Elementary teachers are hitting the picket lines en masse in Ontario today in their second province-wide strike to put pressure on the government in contract talks.

  Education

  Feb 11, 2020
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• Rotating strikes resume for elementary teachers after Ontario-wide walkout

  Public elementary teachers are on strike at several Ontario boards today including the largest one, in Toronto.

  Education

  Feb 7, 2020
• Elementary teachers with Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board to strike 2 days next week

  Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has a one-day strike scheduled for Feb. 5, and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario is planning a provincewide strike on Feb. 6.

  Education

  Jan 27, 2020
• 5th rotating elementary teacher strikes hit Bluewater, Ontario North East boards

  It's the fifth day of rotating, one-day strikes by members of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, and they're also set to continue into next week.

  Education

  Jan 24, 2020
• Ontario elementary teacher’s union asks members to vote on strike mandate

  The union representing Ontario's elementary school teachers says it will spend the next two months holding member meetings and gauging the possibility of a general strike.

  Education

  Sep 11, 2019
• Peel school board issues surplus notices to about 400 teachers after government class size changes

  As of Wednesday morning, 176 elementary and 193 secondary teachers were told that they will no longer have permanent positions after Aug. 31, said a spokesperson for Peel District School Board (PDSB) to Global News.

  Education

  Apr 17, 2019
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• Union tells Ontario elementary teachers they should teach modernized sex-ed curriculum

  The Tories have said teachers will use a version of the curriculum developed in 1998 as the government carries out public consultations for a new document.

  Education

  Aug 14, 2018
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• Ontario elementary school teachers ratify two-year contract extension

  Elementary teachers in Ontario have ratified a contract extension that gives them raises, caps kindergarten class sizes and gives the government labour peace.

  Education

  Mar 4, 2017