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President Hammond Appears on TVO's Agenda
On April 12th, ETFO President Sam Hammond was interviewed on TVO's flagship current affairs show, The Agenda. Responding to Education Minister Laurel Broten's contention that ETFO left provincial discussions after one hour, President Hammond assured host Steve Paikin that ETFO "hasn't really walked away from anything." President Hammond confirmed that "we'd be happy... to sit down with this government, the Minister of Education and key people in the Ministry of Education to work together to find solutions to the problems that are confronting all of us."
During the interview, President Hammond discussed the unprecedented move by the provincial government to unilaterally strip education sector contracts, including the collective agreements of ETFO members. He urged the Minister to respect teachers by working collaboratively with ETFO in any provincial discussions, and to respect the bargaining process defined under the Ontario Labour Relations Act.
The complete interview with President Hammond can be found on ETFO's collective bargaining website, Control Your Future, and on the ETFO YouTube channel.
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Provincial Memos Released to School Boards
On April 11, 2012, the Minister of Education, Laurel Broten, and Deputy Minister of Education, George Zegarac, sent three memos to Ontario's school boards setting out their expectations for district school boards in the event that a board enters into local negotiations.
The Minister's and Deputy Ministers memos were published on the Control Your Future website on April 13, 2012. To read the memos, click here.
ETFO's Provincial Executive has discussed the content of the memos and referred them to legal counsel for review.
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Frequently Asked Questions on the Control Your Future Website
 Heard about the 2% salary penalty and not sure what it is?
Wondering how the government's proposed salary freeze affects you in real dollar terms?
Not sure how ETFO's 2012 Bargaining Goals were developed?
The answers to those questions, and more, can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section of the Control Your Future website. Getting to the questions is fast and easy. Just click on the FAQ button located at the right side of this page, and you'll find concise and jargon-free answers to the questions about collective bargaining and bargaining events.
Questions and answers are regularly updated, so it pays to check the FAQ section frequently.
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