Across Ontario, OSBCU education workers unite against bullying and discrimination. The International Day of Pink creates safe, celebrated spaces for every 2SLGBTQIA+ student, worker, and family. #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #2SLGBTQIA #EndBullying #InternationalDayOfPink
🚨 TODAY'S THE DAY🚨 CUPE Local 1196 gathers at 60 Wellington St W, 4:45 PM to defend our schools, students, and community. Cuts hurt classrooms and futures. ✊ Parents ✊ Students ✊ Workers ✊ Allies—bring signs, voices, solidarity! #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
💜🌍 On World Health Day, OSBCU honours the education workers who keep our schools safe, healthy, and welcoming for every student.
Healthy schools mean healthy communities.
#WorldHealthDay #OSBCU #PublicHealth #EducationWorkers #StrongerTogether #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
Tammy and Alyssa represented OSBCU at the Northern Ontario CUPE Conference connecting with members across sectors on education funding, local democracy, and mobilizing together.
When we stand together, we’re stronger. 💜
#OSBCU #CUPE #Solidarity #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
This Tuesday, join CUPE Local 1196 at 60 Wellington St W, Aurora, 4:45 PM to defend our schools. ✊ Stand together to protect public education. #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
Our kids deserve better. Join CUPE Local 1196 April 7, 4:45 PM at 60 Wellington St E, Aurora to stand against school cuts. ✊ Stand for strong public education and a better tomorrow. Bring your voice, energy, and solidarity. Let's make it loud.
#BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #ONPoli
🌿 Honouring First Nations, Inuit, and Métis languages that carry culture and knowledge. We commit to supporting Indigenous languages thriving in schools. #IndigenousLanguages #OSBCU #ReconciliationInAction #EducationWorkers #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
✨ What a final day at Convention! Powerful voices united for education workers and communities. 💜 #OSBCU #CUPE #StrongerTogether #PublicEducation #UnionProud #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
Solidarity in Action: OSBCU members, with David Mastin of Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, showing that united education workers are unstoppable. #OSBCU #ETFO #Solidarity #StrongerTogether #PublicEducation #betterschoolsbettertomorrow
What an action-packed day! Trustee election, engaging workshops, powerful speakers on staffing, safety, and union spaces. #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #TheMoreYouKnow! #PubliclyFundedEd #UnionStrong #EducationMatters #SaferSchools #FutureOfEducation
💜Solidarity in Action❤️ Our delegation, with David Mastin of Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, shows united education workers are unstoppable. #OSBCU #ETFO #Solidarity #StrongerTogether #PublicEducation #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
Together, we keep building the movement. Together, we win.
💜 Who said we can't make purple waves? At our convention, unity was everywhere. We ARE the wave, growing stronger every day. #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we honour Black, Indigenous, and racialized education workers and commit to action against inequity. #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #InclusiveSchools #EquityInEducation #EducationForAll #DiversityMatters
📣 Join us Monday! Stand with the Ontario Autism Coalition for fully funded public education. 💜 Bring your voice and energy. 📅 March 23, 11:30AM-1:30PM #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
En cette Journée internationale de la Francophonie, célébrons ensemble la diversité et la force de notre voix collective, qui font la richesse de notre communauté! #Francophonie #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
💜 Education Workers Are Ready — Let's Bargain Early 💜 Students deserve stability, families need support, and workers want fair contracts. We're ready; government should be too. #OSBCU #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #OnLabour #OntEd #StrongerTogether #CanLab
Today we honour Ontario's women education workers—strong leaders keeping schools safe and thriving. Happy International Women's Day! #IWD2026 #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
With possible staff cuts this fall, OSBCU Education Workers are united in calling for real negotiations now, before more harm is done to students and the people who support them.
It’s about stability in our schools and protecting the services students rely on.
#BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
Students are right to speak out. Turning grants into loans, hiking tuition, and shifting more financial burden onto young people isn’t “responsibility” — it’s a barrier to opportunity. Education should open doors, not close them. https://ow.ly/yn8S50YpI9O
#BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
Purple isn't just a colour—it's how we connect. Wear purple every Wednesday and show your pride! #EducationWorkerWednesday #CUPE #PowerOfPurple #OSBCU #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
A Fund Our Schools town hall showed how underfunding, staffing shortages, Bill 33, and board supervision harm public schools. Together, we demand fully funded, staffed education. Public education matters. #FundOurSchools #OntEd #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
This week at Spring School, we amplified the call to Stand Up for Our Schools across every sector. We highlighted how education workers are demanding the funding and staffing our communities deserve. When we fight for better schools, we fight for every worker.
#CUPE #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
Standing Up. Speaking Out. Supporting Every Student. 💗 Today, OSBCU members wear pink to show that every student deserves to feel safe and valued. Your leadership makes a difference! #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #CUPE #OSBCU
💗 REMINDER: Wear PINK Tomorrow for #PinkShirtDay! Stand up against bullying and spread kindness. #KindnessInAction #EndBullying #EducationWorkers #OSBCU #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
Schools must be safe places to learn — and safe places to work.
OSBCU represents 57,000 education workers in Ontario. Safe schools require safe workplaces. Action is needed now.
🔗 https://www.educatorviolence.ca
#OntarioEducation #SafeSchools #TimeForChange #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
Every Wednesday, show your purple pride—shoelaces, toque, or lanyard—to unite education workers loud and clear. 💜✊ #OSBCU #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
"I don’t feel that I’m an equal educator anymore.”
ECE Tina Woodley shares the reality of supporting nearly 30 kindergarten students—often alone—and the impact of chronic understaffing.
🎥 Watch Ep. 16 of our new interview series: https://youtu.be/DDm-xWOd1XI
#BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
A huge thank-you to Local 4222 and all locals for showing strong purple solidarity every Education Worker Wednesday! #EducationWorkers #Solidarity #OSBCU #CUPE #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
This fight affects us all. Let’s get informed and ready to win! 💜✊ Join our members’ webinar next Thursday to discuss protecting our benefits and the strike pledge. 👉 Register now: https://ow.ly/ifKk50YaqYH #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #OSBCU #CUPE
Managing behaviour takes up most of the day. EAs, like Roger, face rising needs like ADHD, autism, and mental health challenges. 🎥Watch the latest episode of our education worker series: https://youtu.be/aQVUotfZ5ds
#BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #OSBCU #CUPE #OntarioEducation