Important Information from ETFO Provincial
One Day Political Protest – January 11, 2013
One Day Political Protest – January 11, 2013
In December 2012, ETFO members voted overwhelmingly in support of a one day political protest if the Minister of Education imposed a collective agreement or stopped a legal strike.
On January 3, 2013, two weeks after refusing an offer made by President Hammond to work toward a respectful resolution, the Minister used the unprecedented powers of Bill 115 to impose local agreements. By imposing contracts without negotiation and ending legal strike action, the Minister has willfully trampled on the democratic rights of ETFO members - rights that are enshrined in theCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Based on the Minister’s deliberate and provocative choice to wipe out the democratic rights of tens of thousands of educators,the date of the one day political protest will be Friday, January 11, 2013. This day will be without strike pay.
ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teacher members will be receive further information about the one day protest by robocall from the local office.
Occasional
Teacher Protest Locations
LONDON –
·
TVDSB Board of Education (1250 Dundas Street,
London)
·
Masonville Public School (25 Hillview Blvd,
London)
·
Princess Elizabeth Public School (247
Thompson Road, London)
·
Westmount Public School (1011 Viscount Road,
London)
ST.THOMAS –
·
Elmdale
Public School (25 Elm Street, St. Thomas)
STRATHROY –
·
Colborne
Street Public School (25 Colborne Street, Strathroy)
WOODSTOCK –
·
Central
Public School (410 Hunter Street, Woodstock)
ETFO members are asked to check ETFO’s Control Your Future website (www.controlyourfuture.ca) on Thursday afternoon and evening for general updates.
Throughout these troubling months, ETFO members have recognized that it is impossible to stand back and watch the destruction of a profession we love and the trampling of rights that are fundamental to all Ontarians. We have demonstrated, over and over again, tremendous resolve, leadership and solidarity in the face of continual attacks by this government and Minister. Through this one-day political protest on Friday, January 11th we are again standing up to say that what happened to ETFO members must not ever happen to any other Ontarian.
