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Public schools are an essential part of every thriving community, relying on the work of hundreds of dedicated people.
Education Workers are the front-line employees at their worksites. Our members’ commitment, caring, compassion, and dedication go above the job description for their positions.
WHO TORONTO EDUCATION WORKERS REPRESENT
Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 was formed to improve the social and economic welfare of its Members, and in compliance with the Human Rights Code, race, or creed, colour, sexual orientation, without regard to gender, to promote efficiency in public employment and to manifest its belief in the value of the unity of organized labour.
Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 is made up of approximately 17,000 Education Workers who work within the Toronto District School Board (TDSB); Bloorview School Authority, Childcare Workers from Not Your Average Daycare, Maurice Cody, McMurrich Sprouts, and Childspace, Facilities from the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB), and Viamonde French Board and Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS).
Representing over 400 Job Classifications in over 1,000 Worksites, our Members are entrusted with the safety, responsibility, and assistance of delivering quality education to the students attending all the schools at our sites.
WHAT CUTS ARE AT RISK
With the latest cuts to education, our city risks losing the programs and resources that support high-quality education—and the skilled workers who make those programs possible! Many programs are being cut, like International Language/African Heritage classes, Adult learning programs, Diagnostic Kindergarten programs, Special Education, Outdoor Education Centres, Model Schools, Library Services, Clerical Central Admin, Mailroom/Courier, Warehouse, Printing Services, Bus Drivers, and many more.
For the last 10 years, Education Workers have given their best, and they deserve the best in return! Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 believes in well-funded community-based education and resources for ALL ages. Education should be a right—not a fight!
STAND WITH EDUCATION WORKERS
When the TDSB was asked whether there was an assessment of the impact on students with disabilities, racialized students, low-income communities, Indigenous students, or the impact on parents and staff, the answer was NO, they had not, and they were sticking to a flawed funding formula.
Stand with the Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400, and the next time you see an Education Worker, let them know you support them in their fight to stop the damaging and unnecessary cuts.
Learn more at cupe4400.org
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The Toronto Education Worker/Local 4400 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees has been formed to improve the social and economic welfare of its members, without regard to gender, sexual orientation, colour, race or creed, and in compliance with the Human Rights Code, to promote efficiency in public employment and to manifest its belief in the value of the unity of organized labour!