Abbreviation | ETFO |
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Formation | 1998 |
Merger of | |
Type | Trade union |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Membership | 83,000 |
President | Karen Brown |
General secretary | Sharon O'Halloran |
Affiliations | |
Website | etfo |
The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO; French: Fédération des enseignants et des enseignantes de l'élémentaire de l'Ontario, FEÉO)[1] is a labour union representing all public elementary school teachers, occasional teachers, and some designated early childhood educators (DECEs) in the Canadian province of Ontario. The union has 76 local chapters in the province, and over 83,000 members. The union was founded on July 1, 1998, by the merger of the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario (FWTAO) and the Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation (OPSTF).
ETFO's 83,000 members join the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (representing approximately 8,000 members), the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (representing approximately 45,000 members) and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (representing approximately 60,000 members) to form the Ontario Teachers' Federation.[2][3] ETFO is also a member of the Canadian Teachers' Federation.