The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario has announced the next phase of their work to rule campaign at the start of the school year.
The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario has announced the next phase of their work to rule campaign at the start of the school year.
Teachers will commence the work to rule if a deal cannot be reached before September 7th. It will include not participating in any field trips, board professional development, fundraising activities or responding to communication from school management outside of the instructional day, unless it involves student safety.
One thing not included in the work to rule campaign is extra curricular activities, which means they will still have sports teams and other clubs. Also don't expect to have any meet the teacher nights or open houses at your child's school during the campaign.
"We will stay the course to protect teacher professionalism and teachers’ ability to use professional judgment when providing instruction to students,” said ETFO President Sam Hammond. “While we have agreed to return to the bargaining table on September 1, there must be movement at the table towards a fair collective bargaining agreement that respects teacher working conditions and student learning conditions."
This action is incremental to the administrative work-to-rule strike action that was begun last May that impacts school board and Ministry-related initiatives.
"For six months, the government has stood silently by and done nothing to stop the attempt by the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) to control every classroom at the expense of every teacher. Its demands are not about improving education for our students. They are about increasing management rights and a desire for control," added Hammond.
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario represents 76,000 elementary public school teachers, occasional teachers and education professionals across the province.
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