ETFO Niagara Occasional Teachers' Local

Online vote for political protest day.

Update: Over 46,000 members voted, with 92% in favour of a political protest if needed.

Notes

This vote is only to decide if ETFO will stage a one day political protest in the event that Minister Broten decrees us back to work if/when we go on strike.
We've already voted to support strike action, and we are now in a legal strike position.
Any strike action (work-to-rule beginning Dec 3rd, full withdrawal of services, etc) is not optional. As a member of the union, you are required to participate.

Stop Bill 115

ETFO has launched a new website with information about Bill 115, including a petition to be signed.

Send an e-mail to contactinfo@niagaraot.org using a NON-DSBN e-mail address with your full name in the subject line and you will be automatically entered in a weekly draw for a chance to win an awesome prize!

Strike Vote Results

Strike Vote Results October 9, 2012

Occasional Teachers in favour of strike action: 96%

Teacher Local in favour: 95%

Keep track of events through the "Events and Professional Learning" options on the menu on the right-hand side of this page, and/or through the "Calendar" link, and/or sign up for e-mail updates through the "E-mail Groups" link.

Fair Hiring regulation 274/12 effective immediately!

We now have seniority hiring, effective immediately!

Regulation 274/12, which is very similar to what we proposed to DSBN back in June, defines a fair and transparent hiring model. Read it here. This regulation is effective immediately. We expect we'll learn more over the next couple weeks about how the DSBN intends to implement this, and many questions still remain, particularly in the context of a bargaining year. There do appear to be caveats (it's not ideal from our perspective), but it nonetheless appears to be a solid step forward. We'll keep you updated as we learn more.

Make sure you come out to events this year so you can hear about this! There's a BBQ at the end of the month (check out the Calendar and Professional Learning links on the right).