MEDIA ADVISORY: ETFO President Sam Hammond to reveal next steps in work-to-rule strike action

ETFOadmin — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 21:22:29 +0000

TORONTO, August 19, 2015 – This Thursday morning Sam Hammond, President of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), will reveal next steps in the Federation’s work-to-rule strike action for September. Hammond will be speaking to over 800 delegates at ETFO’s Annual Meeting in Toronto. The speech will be live streamed at http://annualmeeting.ca/live-stream/

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: 2015 Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Annual Meeting

ETFOadmin — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:51:10 +0000

TORONTO, August 14, 2015 – Over 800 public elementary school teachers and other education professionals will attend the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) in Toronto from August 17-20 at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. They will set policies and directions for the coming year during the Federation’s annual democratic forum. This meeting will also be devoted to elections for the provincial Executive for the coming two-year term.

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

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

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MEDIA ADVISORY: ETFO President Sam Hammond to reveal next steps in work-to-rule strike action

MEDIA ADVISORY: 2015 Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Annual Meeting