IMPORTANT MEETING FOR ALL ETFO MEMBERS

The ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teachers' Local is calling an emergency meeting for all OT Members - June 7, 2012 at the request of ETFO Provincial.  The meeting will take place at the BMO Centre in London,  295 Rectory Street, from 4:30 - 7:30 PM. 
RSVP at tvotpd@gmail.com or call 519-641-3936.
All Occasional Teachers, Local Executive members and Collective Bargaining committee members are requested to attend.  LTO's will attend at their schools.
Please direct any questions to Local President Terry Card at etfotvot@gmail.com or 519-641-3936.

The focus for this posting is the "Salary Grid Freeze".
The government has tabled a salary grid freeze for Teachers, Occasional Teachers, and other education professionals for the next two years. During that salary grid freeze, ETFO members

-  WILL NOT be allowed to advance on the grid due to experience.
-  WILL NOT be allowed to change categories when they take Additional Qualification and university   courses.

The government will not offer future adjustments to return Teachers to their proper place on the salary grid - so the Teacher's salary will always remain two years behind. Over the course of 11 years, that loss compounds to $81,944.  (Note: Compounded loss over 11 years is based on the following assumptions: Teacher remains at category A3 for 10 years; no other wage freezes are imposed by the government after 2014; future salary increases offset the rate of inflation; the salary grid structure remains unchanged. Should any of these assumptions change, the Teacher's overall salary loss would be much greater.)

As if that isn't damaging enough, the government wants to permanently change our salary grids effective September 1, 2014.  The government's demands will have a devastating impact on less experienced Teachers still on the grid and on those who want to move to Category A4 with qualification upgrades.

ETFO, OSSTF and AEFO have left the Provincial Discussion Table, however the government has said it will impose these conditions through legislation if the union doesn't agree to them. That's just plain wrong! Respect Teachers - Respect Collective Bargaining. Use the postcards distributed by ETFO and send a message to the Premier, the Minister, and your MPP.