Tag: CUPE
If trustees are no longer in charge of the Thames Valley school board, who is?
Ontario education minister Paul Calandra has put the Thames Valley District school board – home to 84,000 students – under Queen’s Park supervision following a controversial three-day Toronto retreat by top officials last summer that cost $38,000. Investigators, auditing the board’s books, found a lack of financial oversight in the budgeting process led to a […]
Union: Will taxpayers see the result of the Thames Valley school board audit?
The Ministry of Education is saying little about its ongoing probe of the deficit-ridden Thames Valley school board including if the public will ever see the results.
Owen Sound has new deal with union representing outside workers
The City of Owen Sound has reached a new three-year collective agreement with the union representing most of its outside workers. On Wednesday, the city announced that a new agreement between the city and its employees represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1189-01 had been ratified. The agreement, formally approved by city council […]
Sunshine List: Pay for cash-strapped school board’s top officials drops
After hefty increases in 2023, the pay for almost all senior administrator with the Thames Valley District school board dropped last year
London Catholic school trustee on conference at casino: No, thanks
The chair of the London District Catholic school board says he has declined an invitation to a conference at a Southwestern Ontario casino’s hotel this spring. Hosted by Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers’ Association, the conference is being held May 14 to 16 at Caesars Windsor hotel. “If it’s a trustees’ conference without professional development, I […]