September 3: Collective Bargaining Ratification Meeting!
Now that we have a tentative agreement, it is time to learn about what is in the agreement and for members to vote! The meeting is taking place Monday September 9th at 4:45pm at the ETFO-WR Office, located in Kitchener at 610 Wabanaki Drive.
Join us to receive information about the tentative agreement and ask any questions that you may have. You may attend in person or online. Those attending virtually will be sent the meeting link the morning of the meeting (please make sure our office has your personal email on file as the link will not be sent to @wrdsb.ca emails. You can email us to verify if we have your personal email address or not).
The vote to ratify will commence following the presentation and Q & A session. The vote will be conducted online via Simply Voting. You will be provided with a unique elector ID and password, sent only to your personal email address.
A light snack will be provided to those attending in person.
OVERVIEW OF HOW BARGAINING WORKS
Collective Bargaining is a two-tiered process consisting of “Central Bargaining” and “Local Bargaining”
“Central Bargaining” refers to the negotiations between ETFO Provincial and OPSBA (Ontario Public School Boards’ Association), who negotiates representing the government. These negotiations are for all Teachers and Occasional Teachers represented by ETFO.
“Local Bargaining” refers to the negotiations between WROTL and the WRDSB on specific items and issues related to our members.
Central Bargaining updates will be sent out directly to you from ETFO provincial. Please register for their secure website if you have not already done so, and ensure ETFO Provincial has your correct contact information.
Local Bargaining updates will be sent from WROTL to members via our newsletters and/or bargaining update emails. Please ensure the WROTL office has your correct email information. Bargaining updates may be posted on our WROTL secure site in the near future.