Rodney McGee runs cupE Local 2486, which represents maintenance, detention and cafeteria staff at the public school board. He says the new local agreement has made progress for its members in terms of training, health and safety and the awarding of employment contracts. For more information on CupE`s withdrawal, please cupe.on.ca/sectors/school-boards/ McGee has positively assessed the relationship between his union and the school board. Follow us on Twitter – @LakeheadSchools like us on Facebook – www.facebook.com/LakeheadSchools?ref=hl questions can be asked – info@lakeheadschools.ca We will continue to monitor the work situation and provide progress reports if time permits. This means that if the situation is resolved in the coming weeks, school staff will provide progress reports to students. However, if action continues, there may not be enough time to submit progress reports, as school staff focus on completing and distributing report cards for years 1. As we approach the holiday season, we have also realized that there may be additional opportunities for parents to visit our classrooms and schools, and as always, we welcome this participation and visits. On October 22, 2015, we announced that due to work sanctions, we would be deferring the drafting of progress reports. Now that a central/provincial agreement has been reached, we will continue with progress reports, please note the following information: Individual Union and Federation Updates: Secondary Teachers The Lakehead District School Board and members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers` Federation (OSSTF) District 6A Teacher`s Bargaining Unit have reached an interim agreement for teachers and continuing education teachers. Local ratification is expected to take place in the week of 5 October. The local contract completes a centralized collective agreement ratified in November by the 55,000 auxiliaries of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in Ontario.
Provisions such as the 1% annual wage increase negotiated in the central contract will not come into effect until the local contract is signed, although the increase is retroactive to September 1, when the previous contract has expired. On the basis of these interim agreements, ETFO and CUPE agreed to immediately suspend all central measures for employment. The agreement also provides more training opportunities for the person`s staff deprivation of liberty. While local and provincial interim agreements have been reached with OSSTF teachers and continuing education teachers, no agreement has been reached with a number of other unions and associations and work action has been taken.