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TBU COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Current Collective Agreement 
The TBU Collective Agreement is stored in Sharepoint so that members can access it at your convenience. The path is O365 > Sharepoint > BWDSB Home Site > Staff Resources > Collective Agreements > OSSTF.

Preparing for Negotiations
The current Collective Agreement expires in August 2022. The TBU Table Team and Collective Bargaining Committee are preparing for negotiations, but bargaining must occur at the provincial level before anything substantive happens at the local level. Local negotiations can only involve items or issues that are not negotiated at the provincial bargaining table. 

When we receive information about central negotiations, and when we have information to share about local negotiations, we will share it with our members via email. Please ensure that you have provided an up-to-date email address to the Teachers' Bargaining Unit. Current TBU members who do not receive our email communications should email us at osstfd7@gmail.com and ask to be added to our mailing list. 


TBU Table Team
​At the February 28, 2022 meeting of the TBU Council, the following members were appointed to the Table
Team for the next round of bargaining:


  • Brian Windross, Chief Negotiator*
  • Betty Jo Raddin, President*
  • Bonnie Cameron
  • Owen Ferguson
  • Mike Foulds
  • Catherine McLeod
*The TBU Constitution specifies that the Chief Negotiator and President are automatically members of the negotiating team.
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Collective Bargaining Committee
Under the Collective Agreement, the Collective Bargaining Committee (CBC) consists of the Chief Negotiator as Chairperson, the President, the Vice-President, the members of the Table Team (see above), and one member from each Branch (chosen by the members at each Branch). 
  • BPDS: Tara Stanton
  • GBCS: Andrew Pinckston
  • GHSS: Ali Reid
  • JDSS: Michael Kolinas
  • KDSS: Dan Ogilvie
  • OSDSS: Chris Ewing 
  • PSDS: Natasha Wood
  • SDSS: Kerrie Lynn Boys
  • WDCS: Catherine McLeod​​
TBU Bargaining Priorities Survey
The Collective Bargaining Committee, consisting of the Table Team plus the CBC Reps from each school, met on March 23 and March 30, 2022 to prepare the local bargaining survey. 

​The survey was approved by TBU Council on April 19 and was sent to the membership on April 20, 2022.  TBU members have until Friday, April 29 at 4:00 pm to complete the survey. Please check your email for the link. 

The Table Team uses the survey to request input from all members of the Teachers’ Bargaining Unit as we prepare
 for the next round of bargaining. 
While it is currently unknown what will be bargained locally versus provincially, we ask that you take the time to complete this survey, as the information gathered will help guide our responses to the provincial negotiating team as well as provide direction for local bargaining.

The information gathered through the survey will be for the sole use of the Table Team. The results of this survey will not be shared with any other party.


​The contact person for the Table Team is Brian Windross, Chief Negotiator, who can be reached via email at windross@live.com. 

The TBU Table Team

Brian Windross, Chief Negotiator
Betty-Jo Raddin, TBU President
Bonnie Cameron, TBU Vice-President

Catherine McLeod, TBU Secretary-Treasurer
Owen Ferguson, TBU District Councillor

Michael Foulds, OSDSS Branch President

NE SIBI QUISQUE CONSULAT, SED INTER NOS AUXILIO SIMUS.
Let us not take thought for our separate interests, but let us help one another
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Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation   District Seven Bluewater