HDEAA is a strong independent union. Our membership includes both permanent and casual Educational Assistants working at the Halton District School Board.In December of 1995 the EAs of the Halton District School Board voted to form a certified Association. Certification was granted on December 11th, 1995 by the Ontario Labour Relations Board. After seventeen months of negotiations, the first Collective Agreement between the then Halton Board of Education and the Halton Instructional Assistants Association was signed on September 23rd, 1997.
Our core roles and responsibilities are framed in the Ontario Labour Relations Act. HDEAA, as a union, is governed by its Executive Committee, directed by the Constitution, and supported by HDEAA’s committees.
CEAO
HDEAA is part of the CEAO coalition (Coalition of Educational Assistants of Ontario). HDEAA, Dufferin-Peel Educational Resource Workers (DPERWA) and the Waterloo Regional District School Board Educational Assistants Association (WRDSB EAA) are independent unions representing educational support staff. We meet regularly to facilitate best practise within our own unions and collaborate on problem solving.
EWAO
The Education Workers Alliance of Ontario (EWAO) was founded in response to the Government of Ontario’s decision to create a two-tiered collective bargaining process. 7 Unions with 19 bargaining units came together as a central bargaining unit and successfully signed a central Collective Agreement that was extended to August 2019.
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Our Core Principal
“Grounded in principals of solidarity, unity, dignity and democracy, integrity, trust, fairness and equality”
