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Solidarity on the Picket Line
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Thank you for standing united in opposition to the Ford government’s approach to education!
Collective Bargaining Information Meetings
On October 2nd and 3rd, Donna Howey of Collective Bargaining Services, Evelyn McGrogan of Professional Relations Services, and Monica Rusnak, former Local O.N.E. President and current ETFO Provincial Vice President, joined our Local leaders to meet with Local O.N.E. members, to inform them of the status of collective bargaining . Meetings were held in Kapuskasing, Cochrane, Kirkland Lake, Timmins, and New Liskeard.
World Teacher Appreciation Day October 5, 2019
Andrew and Julianne Wray brought their girls, Muriel and Anna for a swim and had a great time.
Michael Harmanmaa and his kids Lilah and Thatcher enjoyed the pool immensely. Local executive member Kerri Macdonald, and her sister Heather MacDonald, brought their niece, Abby and Heather’s daughter, Hadleigh, to the pool for a swim and some yummy snacks afterwards.
Local ONE Annual Meeting & Dinner

See your steward for details about how to register to attend.
ETFO Supports Take Back The Night
- In September, Local ONE members joined with many women, children and men to rally and march. The message, stop violence against women, echoed through the streets as the large group marched through the downtown streets of Timmins.
ETFO Supports Homeless Coalition Timmins
- Local ONE VP Bill Newell presents Homeless Coalition Timmins Chairperson, Jason Sereda, with a cheque from ETFO Provincial. Jason said this money will go directly to helping address the homeless situation in Timmins.
ETFO Local ONE Supports Timmins PRIDE
NDP MP Charlie Angus, Bill Newell, Michael Sloan, and Tina Mitchell

NDP MP Charlie Angus, Bill Newell, Michael Sloan, and Tina Mitchell

Bill Newell, Tina Girard, Michael Sloan, NDP MPP Gilles Bisson, and Kerri MacDonald
The weather was beautiful on Saturday, June 9th for the Timmins PRIDE rally and parade. Local executive members were joined by NDP MP, Charlie Angus and NDP MPP, Gilles Bisson to lend support to a great day for the LGBTQ2S community.
ETFO RALLY IN SUPPORT OF BUILDING BETTER SCHOOLS
President Sam Hammond speaks to the rally crowd.
Provincial Executive Member and Local ONE Liason, Nathan Core, joined Local ONE President Lori Ridley-Whyte, and Provincial Executive VP/Female, Monica Rusnak.
Teachers and other educational professionals gather outside the Mowat Block at the Ministry of Education
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, Local leaders joined President Sam Hammond and other provincial executive members, to march to the Mowat Block of the Ontario Ministry of Education. The Building Better Schools platform was the message that was sent by the marchers. President Hammond addressed the crowd and thanked everyone for the show of solidarity in the lead-up to the writ being dropped and the Ontario election being announced.