ETFO Membership:

Rights and Responsibilities

As a teacher, occasional teacher, or DECE working in the elementary panel of a public district school 
board or school authority, or as an education worker in a bargaining unit for which ETFO holds bargaining 
rights, you are an active member of the federation. Your membership brings many benefits as well as 
responsibilities. These are outlined in the ETFO Constitution.

Rights and Privileges of Membership 

(Article V ETFO Constitution)

SECTION 1 – Rights and Privileges of Active Membership

5.1.1 An active member shall have full rights, privileges and responsibilities of membership in 

the Federation unless limited by disciplinary action taken in accordance with Article VII: 
Disciplinary Procedures.

5.1.2 The rights of an active member shall be:

5.1.2.1 to attend, participate and vote at meetings of the local;
5.1.2.2 to attend meetings of the Representative Council and the Annual Meeting;
5.1.2.3 to lodge a complaint against another member, through the Federation, in 

accordance with Article VII: Disciplinary Procedures;

5.1. 2.4 to request Federation support, through the grievance arbitration process;
5.1.2.5 to request Federation support for employment-related matters including:

5.1.2.5.1 termination or resignation of employment;
5.1. 2.5.2 protection from being slandered, libeled, or harassed in any form; and
5.1.2.5.3 protection from fraudulent or malicious allegations or charges;

5.1.2.6 to request Federation support in any problem directly related to professional duties;
5.1. 2.7 to request Federation support in an investigatory or disciplinary procedure 

undertaken by the College of Teachers;

5.1.2.8 to request Federation support for employment-related matters which are alleged 

to have occurred when the individual was a member of the Federation or its 
predecessors; and

5.1. 2.9 to approve, after duly-called information meetings, the commencement and 

conclusion of any provincial job action by an all-member vote.

5.1.3 An active member who accepts a position as a temporary or acting principal/viceprincipal 

which involves any responsibility for the evaluation and/or disciplining of other members, 
shall have the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of membership suspended for the 
duration of the appointment.

5.1.4 An active member who accepts a position as a temporary or acting principal/vice-principal 

may not also be the workplace steward for the duration of the appointment.

5.1.5 To approve any provincial collecting bargaining framework agreement through an  

all-member vote after duly called information meetings. 

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