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STAFF AND STUDENTS across the TCDSB are at a breaking point.

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STAFF AND STUDENTS across the TCDSB are at a breaking point.

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A Staffed School is a Safe school

WHO ARE WE

CUPE Local 1328 Toronto Catholic District School Board is comprised of 2500 members, including Educational Assistants, Secretaries, Clerk Typists, Library Technicians, IT Technicians, Child and Youth Workers, Student Supervisors, Adult ESL Instructors, ESL Nursery Instructors; these are just a few of our 130 different job classifications.

We are the backbone of the Toronto Catholic District School Board!

We support healthy and productive learning environments for our students and school communities.  Our 2500 members work in elementary and secondary schools, the Catholic Education Centre, board sites and warehouses.

What’s going on?

There is a crisis in Ontario public education.

Underfunding and understaffing plague the TCDSB. Everyday we are short-staffed, students’ needs are going unmet, and incidents of violence have skyrocketed.

Many CUPE Local 1328 members have experienced extreme cases of physical violence and harassment at the workplace, leading to physical harm and extended periods of leave.

Our students’ learning environments are frequently disrupted by violent incidents, sometimes on a daily basis, which has created an environment that is far from conducive to providing the highest quality of education that our students deserve.

Students need more support, which requires the TCDSB to hire hundreds more education staff.

The Facts

In 2024-25 TDCSB has seen a real cut of $94.06 million this year alone.

A recent CUPE survey of 1328 members showed that 72.5 percent experience

violence in their work area, and over 30 percent said it happens every day.

Forty-five percent of CUPE local 1328 members at TCDSB say their work area is evacuated due to a violent or disruptive incident. These evacuations completely disrupt the learning environment for students, and can have lasting traumatic effects for students’ mental health.

Almost half of Educational Assistants and Child and Youth workers at TCDSB said they experience violence on the job every day.

STAFF AND STUDENTS across the TCDSB are at a breaking point.

STAFF AND STUDENTS across the TCDSB are at a breaking point.