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September 1, 2008
Labour Day Parade
A large group of Greater Essex ETFO members and their children participated in the 2008 Labour Day Parade. Along with other workers, teachers once again displayed their union spirit and solidarity.
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August 11-14, 2008
2008 Annual Meeting
Over five hundred elementary teachers from across Ontario met in Toronto. The Greater Essex ETFO delegation was again comprised of 16 local members. The 2008 Annual Meeting marks the 10th Anniversary of ETFO's inception.
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June 13, 2008
ETFO / GECO Year-End BBQ
Teachers from across the county took a break during this busy time of year to celebrate with each other.
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June 11 , 2008
Preliminary Submission Meeting
An unprecedented number of Greater Essex teachers assembled for a presentation of the preliminary submission for this round of collective bargaining.
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June 6 , 2008
Framework Talks Collapse; Local Negotiations to Begin
Provincial talks collapse due to the Ministry's failure to close the funding gap in a significant way. Provincial ETFO moves to assume control of local negotiations.
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May 23, 2008
Games Night Fun!
Greater Essex ETFO's newest committee offered members an entertaining night out.
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February 22, 2008
Close the Gap Campaign
ETFO is working to Close the Gap between elementary and secondary school working conditions.
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February 22, 2008
7th Annual Pub Day
The Greater Essex ETFO New Members Committee hosted another successful Pub Day. The event offered teachers, newer and more experienced, a chance to socialize after another busy week.
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February 13, 2008
Website Committee Plans Changes
An ad hoc committee has been formed to plan and implement major changes to this website.
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October 10, 2007
Provincial Election Resources
The following 2 pages contain information shared with members leading up to the October, 2007 provincial election.
>> Electoral Reform
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February 17, 2007
Curling Bonspiel
The Greater Essex ETFO Curling Bonspiel continued after a six year hiatus on Saturday February 17.
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February 9, 2007
6th Annual Pub Day
Our local New Members' Committee once again hosted its annual Pub Day. Teachers were treated to free food, entertainment, and prizes while relaxing in a social environment.
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December 16, 2006
2nd Annual Children's Party
Kids, kids everywhere! ETFO members and their families came out in force for the second annual Children's Party. The star of the day was a right jolly old elf. >> Read More! |
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September 4, 2006
Labour Day Parade
A large group of Greater Essex ETFO members participated in the 2006 Labour Day Parade. Showing their union solidarity, our members proudly wore their complimentary Greater Essex vests and hats.
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August 14-17, 2006
2006 Annual Meeting
Six hundred elementary teachers from across Ontario met in Toronto, August 14 - 17. The Greater Essex ETFO delegation was again comprised of 16 local members. Delegates (and alternates) to the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) debated and set policies and directions and determined the provincial budget for the federation for the coming year.
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May 3, 2006
Is the Male Teacher Becoming Extinct?
The issue of the declining number of male teachers has received much attention lately. ETFO Provincial hosted a symposium designed to examine the issue in-depth. Greater Essex was there.
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October
29, 2005
Teachers' 3rd
Annual Volleyball Tournament
The 3rd Annual Teachers' Volleyball Tournament
was held at the Sandcastle Recreation Centre. Teams
from 11 Greater Essex County elementary schools participated
in this day long event.
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September
5, 2005
Labour Day Parade
A large group of Greater Essex ETFO members
participated in the 2005 Labour Day Parade. Showing
their union solidarity, our members proudly wore their
complimentary Greater Essex jackets and waved a field
of new flags. Following a new parade route this
year, the labour movement was the feature of Windsor's
waterfront that day.
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August
16, 2005
Greater Essex
Teachers Win ETFO Award for Local Website
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation
of Ontario today honoured three Greater Essex County
teachers for developing and maintaining the local’s
website www.greaterteachers.com as a valuable resource
centre for teachers.
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August
15-18, 2005
Full Coverage
of the 2005 Annual Meeting
Six hundred elementary teachers from across
Ontario met in Toronto, August 15 - 18. The Greater
Essex ETFO delegation was comprised of 16 local members.
Delegates (and alternates) to the 2005 Annual Meeting
of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
debated and set policies and directions and determined
the provincial budget for the federation for the coming
year.
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February
4, 2005
4th Annual Pub
Day
Thank you to all who attended/helped
out with Pub Day 2005! It was a huge success. As always
the staff at Patrick O'Ryan's went above and beyond
with their service and planning of the event. The food
was plentiful, the entertainment was fantastic, and
the drinks were cold!
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January
7, 2005
Teachers set prep time as priority
Local union
still without contract
Elementary school teachers across the
province will cast strike votes this month in an effort
to secure more preparation time in a new contract, but
local teachers don't even have a contract for last year
yet.
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September 7, 2004
Teacher’s call For increase
in spending
More consultation between the province
and its teachers won't mean anything if the funding
commitments don't follow, the president of the Ontario
Secondary School Teachers Federation told a cheering
crowd of union members Monday.
Speaking at the annual Labour Day parade,
Rhonda Kimberley-Young said "while we haven't had
such a relationship in recent years, the fact is that
education has been underfunded for eight years and we
need to see the Liberal government follow through on
its promises to increase funding across the board.
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August 19, 2004
Hilda wins President’s Award
Emily Noble, president of the Elementary
Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), last night
presented the ETFO President’s Award to Hilda
Watkins, a Windsor teacher and the president of the
Greater Essex County ETFO Teacher Local. The award was
presented at ETFO’s Annual Meeting in Toronto.
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June 2, 2004
Public elementary teachers sign
up for takeover
TORONTO, June 2 /CNW/ - "ETFO can,
and will work with the present government to find solutions,
but my members' interests are paramount to strengthening
the present relationship. By noon, today, every single
public elementary teacher and occasional teacher local
in the province will be in takeover," said Emily
Noble, president, Elementary Teachers' Federation of
Ontario (ETFO) at a press conference called to announce
provincial negotiators will lead local bargaining teams
seeking increased preparation time...
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May 3, 2004
Teacher’s agree to Kennedy
TORONTO, May 3 /CNW/ - "The elementary
teachers said publicly all along, offer us a process
that includes a fair criteria to take before an arbitrator
and we will agree. All current work actions will be
suspended immediately. Our next step is to prepare the
case to be heard. I believe that the board's own data
will prove that the Greater Essex County District School
Board can afford to improve their elementary teachers'
working conditions," said Emily Noble, president,
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO).
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April 28, 2004
Noble tells board to stop playing
blame game
TORONTO, April 28 /CNW/ - "If the
board hopes to gain public support by stripping the
elementary teachers of their current preparation time
and forcing an unnecessary lockout of students, then
they are in for a surprise. I am proud of the principled
stand that my members have taken to enable them to prepare
better lessons, more detailed reports for parents and
professionally grow as educators. I am disappointed
and angry that in return for these efforts the board
has chosen to portray them for weeks in a negative manner
to the community. It's time to stop playing the blame
game because it isn't working.
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April 19, 2004
Teachers respond to director and
chairperson's misrepresentations
TORONTO, April 19 /CNW/ - "This morning
I was faxed a copy of an official statement made by
the chairperson of the Greater Essex County District
School Board. I am shocked at the number of deliberate
misrepresentations offered in that statement made by
Gale Simko-Hatfield. The most offensive accusation was
that the 'teachers never had a chance to consider the
board's original offer.'
That is a fact that the chair knows to be untrue. She
may not like the teachers' decision but she knew that
between January 12 and January 21, 2004, my local negotiating
team was visiting every school in Greater Essex. My
members reviewed and discussed the board's dismal December
16th offer. Having considered the board's proposal,
the teachers rejected it overwhelmingly by a margin
of 90.2%, at our strike vote," said Emily Noble,
president, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
(ETFO).
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January 27, 2004
Greater Essex Elementary Teachers
vote 90.2% to strike
TORONTO, Jan. 27 /CNW/ - "This strike
vote is not about money. The elementary teachers of
Greater Essex are taking a principled stand to improve
their working conditions. The teachers want the Board
to show that they value their work...
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