It has now been six years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its six-volume Final Report along with the 94 Calls to Action, meant to remedy the ongoing structural legacy of Canada’s Residential Schools and to advance reconciliation in Canada.
OSSTF/FEESO has been a proud participant at the Pride Toronto annual celebrations for several years and will be involved again in 2022, in its 42nd year. The festival is one of the largest Pride celebrations in the world, bringing together people from all over Ontario as well as other provinces and countries to celebrate the history, courage, diversity and future of Ontario’s 2SLGBTQI+ communities.
The Pride Toronto organizers are excited to be able to return to an in-person month of events and will ensure Pride Month and the Festival Weekend will be organized in alignment with the City of Toronto’s Public Health recommendations.
Events:
For exact times and locations of these and the other Pride events, please visit the Pride Toronto website.
On Sunday, June 26, OSSTF/FEESO will be marching in the Pride Toronto Parade. There will be music, T-shirts for marchers and swag to hand out along the parade route. We encourage Districts and their Members to attend this festival and end their visit by marching with OSSTF/FEESO in the parade.
Thousands of workers at York University could be on strike by Canada Day.
York University Staff Association, which represents administrative, technical and laboratory staff on campus, has been without a contract since July 31, 2021.
Despite meeting with York University 25 times to negotiate, the two sides remain at an impasse.
Back on April 29, York University requested the appointment of a provincial conciliation officer
They then asked for a no-board report “in an effort to bring collective bargaining to a successful conclusion” on June 8 after an agreement once again failed to be reached.
A neutral third-party mediator is now meeting with both sides in an effort to reach a successful conclusion.
As of July 1 at 12:01 a.m., either side could legally walk off the job.
June 3, 2022
Dear OSSTF/FEESO Members,
Yesterday, the Progressive Conservative Party led by Doug Ford won another four-year majority. Though the results did not bring Ontario an education-friendly government, we are filled with pride as throughout the election campaign we saw local leaders and organizers reach new levels of engagement and we are deeply thankful for all your hard work. Each vote, donation, and hour of volunteering made a difference for us as education workers, for the students we serve, and for your local community.
We reached more people and more candidates than ever before, and this matters for our long-term future. We endorsed over 90 candidates and early results show that 37 of them were elected yesterday. All of them are strong advocates and education-friendly leaders we can count on at Queen’s Park.
Many other aspects of this election fill us with hope, especially as we come together and prepare for the next round of bargaining. The majority of voters in Ontario, 53%, did not vote for the Conservatives and instead voted for the three opposition parties who all ran on making major investments in education, lowering class sizes, improving supports for students, and prioritizing people and communities over profits. The people of Ontario overwhelmingly support public education and do not want to see cuts made or an expansion of privatization of education. Yesterday’s election results confirm the level of public support for investing in our public education system.
Our fight is not over. Now, more than ever, we need to remain focused on our most important goals: protecting our rights as workers and strengthening the public education system in Ontario
.Let us celebrate how far we have come and know that together, we can make a difference.
In solidarity,
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