Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
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| Full name | Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation |
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| Motto | Let us not take thought for our separate interests, but let us help one another. |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Members | 60,000 |
| Affiliation | CLC |
| Office location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Website | www.osstf.on.ca |
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) is a trade union which represents 60,000 members across Ontario, Canada.
Founded in 1919, its membership includes public high school teachers, occasional teachers, teaching assistants, psychoeducational consultants, social workers, child and youth counsellors, speech-language pathologists, continuing education teachers, instructors and support staff from several Ontario universities.
On September 11, 2012, Bill 115, a piece of legislation that could impose a two-year contract on teachers and make it easier for the government to end strikes, passes in the provincial legislature followed by a legal challenge of the bill on October 11, 2012 by the four education unions, including the OSSTF.
On December 3, 2012, OSSTF announced that high school teachers will not lead any extracurricular activities. OSSTF also stated that high school teachers will report only 15 minutes before the start of the school day and leave immediately after classes.
On December 31, 2012, the deadline for a collective agreement passes with no agreement. As a result, on January 3, 2013, Ministry of Education Laurel Broten announced that she has imposed contracts on teachers and that she will be repealing the bill.
On January 9, 2013, OSSTF announced that they planned a one-day, province wide walkout on January 16, 2013. On January 10, 2013, the provincial government went to the Ontario Labour Relations Board to stop the walkout, and the following day, on January 11, the board ruled the strike was illegal and as a result it was called off.
In April 2014, the Government of Ontario passed Bill 122, the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act which implemented a new two-tier negotiation system which involves provincial negotiations, between the Government and the OSSTF, along with local negotiations, between local OSSTF and their employer, the school board. The OSSTF contract expired at the end of August 2014, at this time negotiations began to occur under the new two-tiered bargaining system.
On April 8, 2015, OSSTF members employed by the Durham District School Board announced that a strike would occur if a local deal is not reached by April 20, 2015. On April 20, 2015, as talks failed, OSSTF members employed by the Durham District School Board, over 1,500 members, went on strike putting roughly 24,000 students out of the classroom across 24 secondary schools.
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