ETFO members will have been without a contract for one year on August 31^st. 

What:              Update on Collective Bargaining by ETFO President Sam Hammond

When:             Thursday, August 20, 11:00 a.m.

Where:            Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Metropolitan Ballroom, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto

Reporters are welcome to attend sessions. Media credentials are available at the ETFO Media Centre (Queens Quay 1).  For meeting hours, daily agenda and resolutions, see www.annualmeeting.ca and click on the documents tab. Regular updates will be posted to our blog located at that website, on Twitter @ETFOnews, @ETFOmedia and #ETFOam, and Facebook (ETFOprovincialoffice).

For more information, contact:

Valerie Dugale:           (416) 948-0195 (cell); vdugale@etfo.org

James Taylor:             (416) 459-1047 (cell); jtaylor@etfo.org

August 17-20:              ETFO Media Centre, Queens Quay 1, Westin Harbour Castle Hotel

416-957-7166

Student Vote booth at Annual Meeting

A number of exhibitors have set up displays at Annual Meeting 2015:

• Canadian Labour Congress
• Canadian Teachers’ Federation
• CAREpath
• CIVIX
• Centre ontarien de prevention des agressions – COPA
• Edvantage
• Feeling Better Now – Mensante Corporation
• Green Party of Ontario
• Ontario New Democratic Party
• Ontario Teachers’ Insurance Plan
• Retired Teachers of Ontario
• Retired Women Teachers of Ontario
• Teachers Life
• White Ribbon Campaign
• Workers Health & Safety Centre

CTF booth at Annual Meeting

The exhibitors will be onsite at Annual Meeting from Monday to Wednesday.  Be sure to stop by and say hi!

• Ontario teachers ramp up PR campaign ahead of negotiations
  CBC News – Tuesday, August 18, 2015
• Liberals, school boards ‘in for the fight of their lives’
  The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday, August 18, 2015
• ETFO’s federal election plan to ‘Heave Steve’
  Toronto Sun – Monday, August 17, 2015
• Liberals, school boards ‘in for the fight of their lives,’ says teachers’ union president
  The Star – Monday, August 17, 2015
• Sam Hammond vows the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario will not to back down in bargaining
  Durham Region – Monday, August 17, 2015

Statements by the candidates can be read in the Annual Meeting Booklet.

ETFO President Sam Hammond will open the proceedings on Monday afternoon with a review of the year’s activities including an overview of collective bargaining. On Thursday, ETFO’s president will address next steps regarding current collective bargaining. Both speeches will be live streamed at http://annualmeeting.ca/live-stream/

This year’s social justice speaker on Tuesday is well-known Aboriginal leader Wab Kinew, whose forth-coming book The Reason You Walk: A Memoir offers an insider’s view of what it means to be an educated Aboriginal living in a country that is just beginning to wake up to its aboriginal history.

ETFO represents 76,000 elementary public school teachers and education professionals across the province and is the largest teacher federation in Canada.

What: ETFO Annual Meeting
Where: Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Metropolitan Ballroom, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto
When: August 17-20, 2015

Reporters are welcome to attend sessions. Media credentials are available at the ETFO Media Centre (Queens Quay 1). For meeting hours, daily agenda and resolutions, see www.annualmeeting.ca and click on the documents tab. Regular updates will be posted to our blog located at that website, on Twitter @ETFOnews, @ETFOmedia and #ETFOam, and Facebook (ETFOprovincialoffice).

MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

Mon., Aug. 17        4:20 p.m.
                                Live streamed welcoming address by Sam Hammond, ETFO President

Tues., Aug. 18       10:45 a.m.
                                Address by Wab Kinew, Aboriginal leader, writer, urban activist

Thurs. Aug. 20      11:00 a.m.
                                Live streamed address by ETFO President

For more information, contact:

Valerie Dugale:  (416) 948-0195 (cell); vdugale@etfo.org
James Taylor:  (416) 459-1047 (cell); jtaylor@etfo.org
August 17-20: ETFO Media Centre, Queens Quay 1, Westin Harbour Castle Hotel – 416-957-7166

• Download the Tentative Schedule for Annual Meeting 2015: PDF | Word
• A full list of Annual Meeting Resolutions (PDF | Word) to be debated and voted on is available under the Documents tab.
• View a schedule of speakers, watch the live stream, or access archived videos under the Video tab.
• Access documents, resources and websites released at Annual Meeting 2014 under the Features tab.
• This is an election year for the 2015-2017 Provincial Executive. Check the site often for election results, as well as photo albums and lists of motions passed and new business motions.

Visit the Annual Meeting 2014 blog to see the breadth and depth of content that is posted during a typical ETFO AGM.

Delegates at the mic