CLOSING ADDRESS FROM ETFO PRESIDENT KAREN BROWN


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TFO President Karen Brown spoke at the close of the 2023 ETFO An- nual Meeting, thanking delegates, the provincial Executive,


the an-


nual meeting committee, and staff. “I feel so honoured and so proud to be part of such an outstanding team,” she said. “Te important resolutions passed will guide the work of ETFO through the year to come.” Brown introduced the new Executive:


First Vice-President Dave Mastin; Vice-Pres- idents Shirley Bell and Gundi Barbour; OTF Table Officer Nathan Core; and the mem-


bers-at-large of the 2023-2025 provincial Executive: Carolyn Proulx-Wootton, Mario Spagnuolo, Mike Tomas, Jenn Wallage, Tamara DuFour, Mary Fowler, Sylvia van Campen, Juan-Yahya Gairey, and Shideh Houshmandi. “Our members stand firmly behind their ETFO Executive and our bar- gaining team,” Brown affirmed. Reflecting on the upcoming province-


wide strike votes this fall, Brown noted, “Our members want this government to know that they are tired of the lack of progress at the bargaining table. ETFO members are seri-


ous about ensuring that our students and our families are looked aſter. We are serious about ensuring educators are respected.” She called on the Ford government to


come to the table with fair proposals for the educators in public elementary schools in Ontario. “Free and fair collective bargaining is, and always has been, the way to achieve our goals,” Brown added.


“What ETFO


members have achieved in the past 25 years, we have achieved by standing together.”


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