Both the District and Teacher Bargaining Unit of District 14 have announced appointments on their respective Executives.

Dave Warda has been appointed to the position of interim District Secretary.  Dave has been active in the Federation for many years and has held numerous positions, including Provincial Councillor.

The TBU Executive appointed Gary Fenn as interim First Vice President, which is a release position at the District Office.  Gary has is presently the Chair of the Collective Bargaining Committee and also serves as Third Vice President.

Both appointments are effective January 30, 2009.

The OSSTF Provincial Office has announced a number of vacancies on Provincial Committees for the 2009 - 2010 year.
These are important committees that meet regularly in Toronto throughout the year and help to inform the organization on a variety of issues.  Release time, travel and accommodation expenses are covered for members appointed to any of these committees.
Over the past few years, District 14 has been well-represented on many of these committees and members have reported their experiences to be both significant and meaningful.
Vacancies will be available on the following committees: Certification Council, Collective Bargaining Committee, Comité des services en langue français, Communications/Political Action Committee, Finance Committee, Human Rights Committee, Parliamentary/Constitution Council, and the Staus of Women Committee.
If you are interested in applying to any of these positions, please call the District Office or contact our Provincial Councillor, Dave Nickle, at T.A.S.S.S.

On Friday, January 30, 2009, at 7:30 pm, Maude Barlow and Sid Ryan will be speaking at the Market Hall Theatre on the topic of driniking water. 

 Their presentation is part of a 15-city speaking tour that is targetting the bottled water industry and how they have undermined our faith in public water for huge profits.  They encourage everone to attend this free event and get the facts on how to kick the bottle habit and get into clean, safe public drinking water.

Note:  Maude Barlow is the Senior Advisor on Water to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians.  Sid Ryan is the Ontario President of CUPE.

Members of the Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Unioin, Local 175, at the Montreal Petro-Canada refinery have ratified a new collective agreement that ends a thirteen-month lockout that began in November 2007.
As a result of the member’s ratification, the Canadian Labour Congress’ boycott of Petro-Canada is over.
CLC president Ken Georgetti thanked members who supported the National Consumer Boycott saying, “I am certain the national boycott, and the support of our brothers and sisters internationally, played a role in this successful outcome.”