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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 7h
Five rallies will take place simultaneously across Ontario. 🚌 Buses are available for OSBCU members and their families to help get people to the rallies. 👉Sign up and show support for a strong and accessible publicly funded education system. ow.ly/xJtt50ZTzje
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 9h
🚐 OSBCU Roadshow heads east next week! 📍 Ottawa Oct 5, 7 pm 📍 Kingston Oct 6, 6 pm 📍 Peterborough Oct 7, 6 pm 📍 Oshawa Oct 8, 6 pm Register: ow.ly/yVtQ50ZTw9x #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #onpoli #OntEdUnited
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 11h
📣 From North Bay to Premier Doug Ford: education workers and students across Ontario have waited long enough. We demand real investment in our schools. No more excuses. 🏫✊ #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #CUPE #onpoli #onted #OntEdUnited
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 11h
📍 Stop 3: North Bay ✅ We answered questions, shared our bargaining priorities, and talked about what members and students need. 🍎📚💪 Next stop: Timmins ➡️ #OSBCURoadshow #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #onpoli #OntEdUnited
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This week, we have our very own Joe Tigani, President of OSBCU, calling for real investment in staffing to address the unprecedented violence and declining supports in Ontario schools. ow.ly/kcW350ZSVrh #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #OntEdUnited
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🧡 Every Child Matters. We honour Survivors, remember the children who never returned home, and commit to action rooted in truth. 🧡 #TruthAndReconciliation #OSBCU #EveryChildMatters #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📣 From the Big Nickel to Minister Calandra: our students can't wait. We demand real investment in public education. 🏫 #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #onpoli #OntEdUnited
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📍 Stop 2: Sudbury ✅ Connecting with members, answering questions, and getting ready for what's ahead. Northern Ontario is standing strong. 💪 Next stop: North Bay 🚐 #OSBCURoadshow #onpoli #OntEdUnited
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📣 From the Soo to Doug Ford and Paul Calandra: our students deserve better. Invest in our schools. 🏫 #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #onpoli #OntEdUnited
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our OSBCU Roadshow kicked off in the Soo! 💜 ✅ Real conversations with members about bargaining and the strike vote. The North is ready. 💪 Next stop: Sudbury 🚐 #OSBCURoadshow #onpoli
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sudbury tonight, then North Bay and Timmins. Register now! Ce soir à Sudbury, puis à North Bay et à Timmins. Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant! ow.ly/iW4u50ZSMI5
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Governments count on us staying in our own lanes. Solidarity is how we refuse." OSBCU President Joe Tigani A full day of workshops and a closing panel with OCHU, OPSEU, OCAP and Amazon organizers at Solidarity is Strength in Toronto. This fight is ours. ✊
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💚🤍 Joyeuse Journée des Franco-Ontariens et des Franco-Ontariennes ! Aujourd’hui, nous rendons hommage à la communauté francophone de l’Ontario et aux travailleuses et travailleurs de l’éducation qui, jour après jour, assurent la vitalité des écoles francophones. Fiers. ✊ #JourDesFrancoOntariens
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💚🤍 Happy Franco-Ontarian Day! Bonne Journée des Franco-Ontariens et des Franco-Ontariennes ! Today we celebrate Ontario's Francophone community and the education workers who keep French-language schools strong every day.✊ #FrancoOntarianDay #JourDesFrancoOntariens
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🏥📚 Stronger together! OSBCU President Joe Tigani spoke with CUPE's Health Care Workers Coordinating Committee this week. Same fight against understaffing. ✊ Thanks HCWCC, and shout out to Tara and Jehan at our table! #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #onpoli
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📣 This Saturday in Toronto! A big fight is brewing over public education. Join OSBCU President Joe Tigani and others to learn from the Days of Action and build the fight today. 🗓️ Sat, Sept 26, 10 am to 4 pm 🥪 Free, with lunch and childcare 👉 To Register click tally.so/r/eqg5MQ
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚑📚 Same fight, same fire! OSBCU President Joe Tigani spoke with CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario members this week. Understaffing in schools and ambulance services comes from the same political choices. 💪 Thank you, CACO! #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #onpoli
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
✊ Your union is coming to you! The OSBCU Roadshow kicks off Monday. 📍 Sault Ste. Marie Sept 28 📍 Sudbury Sept 29 📍 North Bay Sept 30 📍 Timmins Oct 1 More stops across Ontario into November. Bring a coworker and your questions. 💜 Register: ow.ly/g7oy50ZQJTP #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
💜 CUPE-OSBCU education worker leaders have voted to hold a strike vote this fall. A strike vote doesn't mean a strike. It shows we're serious and united behind more staff, better job security, and better schools. We're asking all 57,000 members to vote YES. ✊ #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This week, meet Coleen Plate, an educational assistant calling for increased staffing so students facing violence, behavioural challenges, and learning needs can finally get the support they deserve. ow.ly/OW5B50ZQKaA #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #OntEdUnited
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
✊💜 Solidarity is Strength. Join OSBCU President Joe Tigani and labour leaders in Toronto on Sat, Sept 26 for a free day of organizing to support education workers and build a better Ontario. 🥪 Lunch and childcare provided Register: tally.so/r/eqg5MQ #onted #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📢 Travailleuses et travailleurs de l’éducation : le 24 octobre, nous nous mobilisons pour l’éducation financée par les fonds publics Réservez cette date! Joignez-vous à nous à 13 h à London, Ottawa, Sudbury, Toronto ou Thunder Bay.
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📢 Education workers: October 24 — we’re rallying for publicly funded education! Save the date! Join us at 1 p.m. in London, Ottawa, Sudbury, Toronto or Thunder Bay.
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚌💜 The OSBCU Roadshow starts next week! Meet the central bargaining committee and bring your questions. 📍 Sault Ste. Marie Sept 28 📍 Sudbury Sept 29 📍 North Bay Sept 30 📍 Timmins Oct 1 More stops across Ontario into November. Register: ow.ly/lT8N50ZQ7Ty #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Check your inboxes for a new OSBCU bargaining update. If you’re not receiving our updates yet, you can register here: ow.ly/5vuE50Zk8hC Or catch up updates anytime on our website: ow.ly/gkRn50Zk8hA
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Day 2 starts with solidarity 💜 CUPE National President Mark Hancock and CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer Dawn Bellerose joined OSBCU leaders this morning with a strong message of support for 57,000 CUPE education workers and the fight ahead. #OSBCU #CUPE #Solidarity
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Education union leaders came together at OSBCU’s 2026 Leadership Meeting for a powerful conversation on solidarity, bargaining & public education. Different unions. Shared strength. We are stronger together. 💜 #OSBCU #Solidarity #EducationWorkers #PublicEducation #UnionStrong
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Joignez-vous à nous en ligne le 23 septembre pour l’événement « Mobilisation pour l’éducation publique ». Choisissez l’heure qui vous convient le mieux : 11 h ou 18 h. Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant: ow.ly/Vr3l50ZPqo0
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Solidarity in action! ✊💜 CUPE Ontario President Yolanda McClean and CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick shared their support for OSBCU’s 57,000 education workers and our fight at the bargaining table. When we stand together, we are stronger. 💜 #OSBCU #CUPE #Solidarity
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kicking Off OSBCU's 2026 Leadership Meeting! We are looking forward to a weekend of conversations, collective action and building power together. Solidarity, strength and the power of purple.💜 #OntEdUnited #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #OSBCULeadershipMeeting #CUPE
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Purple and red filled education workplaces across Ontario today! 💜❤️ OSBCU members joined more than 275,000 education workers in a powerful show of unity for better working conditions, stronger student supports and better schools. #OntEdUnited #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Coffee, conversations and solidarity! OSBCU President Joe Tigani joined CUPE 1328 members and allies to connect with the community and highlight how the Ford government’s chronic underfunding is affecting students and school supports. #OntEdUnited #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This week, meet Kelly Craig, an educational assistant supporting students with behavioural needs and learning differences — and calling for proper funding so every student can get the individualized help they deserve. #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #EducationMatters
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tomorrow. 💜❤️ 275,000 education workers across Ontario will be wearing purple and red. Every education union. One voice. Set your colours out tonight. Tomorrow, grab a photo with your co-workers on a break, post it, and tag your local and OSBCU. #OntEdUnited #OnPoli #OntEd
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You work in one building. You don't see the other 275,000 education workers facing the same short staffing, the same wages, the same conditions. September 16, you will. 1. Wear Purple and Red 2. Photo with co-workers on your break 3. Post it, tag your local and OSBCU #OntEdUnited #OnPoli #OntEd
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Days Away... Contracts expired August 31. Our resolve is only growing. Wednesday September 16, OSBCU/CSCSO joins OSSTF, ETFO, OECTA, AEFO, OPSEU, EWAO and OCEW for a province-wide Day of Action. Over 275,000 education workers standing together. Wear your Purple and red. #OntEdUnited #OnPoli #OntEd
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
CUPE Local 1453 at the Orono Fair talking with neighbours about the people who keep our schools running. Education workers show up in their communities all year long. If you are at the fair Sunday, stop by between 9 and 12. #SupportPublicEducation ow.ly/Ur3T50ZMWlj
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CUPE LOCAL 1453 on Instagram: "Another successful day of community outreach!CUPE Local 1453 is back at Orono Fair Sunday 9-12 come by and say hi if you are at the Fair! @osbcucscsocupe #ontedunited #togetherforpubliceducation"
9 likes, 0 comments - cupelocal1453 on September 12, 2026: "Another successful day of community outreach!CUPE Local 1453 is back at Orono Fair Sunday 9-12 come by and say hi if you are at the Fair! @osbcucscsocupe #ontedunited #togetherforpubliceducation".
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Check your inboxes for a new OSBCU bargaining update. If you’re not receiving our updates yet, you can register here: ow.ly/5vuE50Zk8hC Or catch up updates anytime on our website: ow.ly/gkRn50Zk8hA
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our contracts have expired. Our resolve is only growing. ✊ On September 16, OSBCU members stand with education workers across Ontario, wear your PURPLE and red 💜❤️ Let's show them what solidarity looks like. #OntEdUnited #OntEd
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This week, meet Patricia Beck, a library technician who has watched staffing decline over decades — and who’s calling for proper funding so every school can have full‑time library support and strong literacy resources. #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #OntEdUnited
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This Labour Day, CUPE education workers joined up alongside workers and community allies in communities across Ontario—not only to celebrate what our movement has won, but to organize for the fight ahead. We know what we deserve. We know what our schools need. And we are ready to fight for it.
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📚🎉 Happy International Literacy Day! 🌍✨ Literacy opens doors, builds confidence, and helps every child unlock their full potential. OSBCU members support students as they read, learn, and dream big every single day. #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Labour Day is a celebration; but it is also a call to action. OSBCU members are organizing, mobilizing, and standing together in the fight for better working conditions, fair wages, secure jobs, and the strong public education system our students deserve. #LabourDay #CUPEOSBCU
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What an incredible Labour Day!✊ OSBCU President Joe Tigani proudly stood alongside CUPE members, labour activists, and community allies - marching with one powerful voice for fairness, respect, decent wages, and strong public services. #LabourDay #CUPE #OSBCU
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labour Day OSBCU Family. Your work builds better a better future for students. As we enjoy time with loved ones, good food, and well‑earned rest, we’re also preparing for a challenging round of bargaining ahead. But, we face it together! #Solidarity #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Globe's latest investigation backs up what OSBCU has said: school violence is a staffing crisis, not a security problem. "We need more caring, trained people." — President Joe Tigani www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educ…
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
OSBCU-CSCSO will be visible in communities this weekend for Labour Day! See our list of events across the province - find an event near you, sign a petition, and grab a lawn sign. We would love to see you! 💜✊ #LabourDay2026 #OntEdUnited #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
WSIB cut 466 jobs and closed 9 regional offices across Ontario, work that hasn't gone away, just the local knowledge that helps injured workers recover. 75% of OSBCU members face violence on the job. They deserve a WSIB that shows up for them. #OnEd #WSIB
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Seeing purple everywhere—shirts, signs, communities—shows our strength. As bargaining delays continue, education workers grow louder and more visible. Let's keep painting Ontario purple. 💜
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osbcu.bsky.social @osbcu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Check your inboxes for a new OSBCU bargaining update. If you’re not receiving our updates yet, you can register here: ow.ly/5vuE50Zk8hC Or catch up updates anytime on our website: ow.ly/gkRn50Zk8hA
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