ETFO WTR Phase 3!

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ETFO soldiers on, with the exception of the CUPE education support workers, all but alone, abandoned by OECTA and OSSTF, who have taken the 1.5% contract table crumbs, and run for cover. Here are the details of ETFO WTR Phase 3, as released by the CTV and the Toronto Sun. See below:

·  Not fill in for an absent teacher or take on additional students if a class is collapsed because an occasional teacher has not been retained

·  Not take on additional duties during regularly scheduled preparation time (including teaching in another class)

·  Not participate in teacher performance appraisal meetings, unless the member is on an improvement plan or long-term occasional assignment

·  Not respond to email, electronic or phone communication from administrators unless it involves the safety of others, absences, day plans or occasional teacher assignments

·  Not update classroom websites, blogs or newsletters

·  Not submit any long-range or short-range plans, or literacy and numeracy block plans

·  Not update Individual Education Plans (IEPs) after the 30th day of school deadline

·  Not participate in any in-school meetings or professional learning activities on PA days, opting instead to use the time for their own professional development within the classroom

·  Not prepare report card comments or complete or package progress reports, though they will provide administrators with a hard copy list of learning skills and work habits ratings

·  Not conduct parent interview related to the progress report cards, unless there are concerns identified by the teacher about a child's progress

·  Not act as division chairs or team leads

Hooray 4 Wynne Wednesdays: Make a statement!

Furthermore, on Wynne Wednesdays each week, the teachers will:

Refrain from any activities that take them away from their classrooms

·  Demonstrate union solidarity by wearing ETFO buttons, caps or T-shirts, or a union colour

·  Send messages to the Minister of Education or the Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA) about the importance of "fair and reasonable collective bargaining"

·  Engage in planned lobbying activities including pickets, rallies and letter-writing campaigns.

COMING: ETFO Phase 4 WTR will be announced in October, "if sufficient progress has not occurred."

NOTES: Teacher free speech salutes and encourages all affiliate solidarity with ETFO's plans. All teachers, especially the over 20% [1 in 5] of OECTA and OSSTF members who did not vote yes to ratify their contracts might now consider supporting ETFO in all their future rallies and picket activities as you consider how to straighten out the mess and deal with the CB betrayal within your own so called "teacher unions".

ETFO: the real deal?

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