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EDUCATION SUPPORT WORKERS MAY GO ON STRIKE
ANTOINE MESSIER antoine.messier@eap.on.ca
Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce tables bill to impose a new contract on the 55,000 education support wor- kers unionized under the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and wants to use the Notwithstanding Clause in the Charter of Rights to stop a strike set to start Friday. The government offered a two-per-cent annual increase for all workers with annual wages under $40,000 per year and a 1.25-per-cent increase for all others. The new deal would give a 2.5-per-cent annual increase to all workers with annual wages under $43,000 per year and a 1.5-per-cent increase for all others. $61&IBTCFFOEFNBOEJOHBOQFS DFOUJODSFBTF PWFSUJNFBUEPVCMFUIFSFHVMBS pay rate and 30 minutes of paid prep time for educational assistants and early childcare educators. The support workers included in the proposed deal are maintenance staff, school office and clerical staff, educational BTTJTUBOUT FBSMZDIJMEIPPEFEVDBUPST MJCSBSZ workers, and information technology staff. The workers could receive a $4000 a day fine for striking under the proposed legislation. “This is an appalling display of contempt GPSXPSLFSTSJHIUT GPSUIFDPMMFDUJWFCBSHBJ - ning process, and for the workers who look after our kids and keep our schools run- OJOH uTUBUFE$61&/BUJPOBM1SFTJEFOU.BSL
Le ministre de l’Éducation de l’Ontario, Stephen Lecce, a imposé un nouveau contrat aux 55 000 travailleurs de soutien à l’éducation syndiqués sous l’égide du Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique (SCFP) et tente d’utiliser la clause dérogatoire de la Charte des droits pour empêcher une grève qui doit commencer vendredi. -photo Antoine Messier
Hancock. “Going full nuclear and threatening the lowest-paid education workers in the QSPWJODFXJUIàOFTBOEUIF/PUXJUITUBOEJOH Clause is just disgraceful, even for this pre- mier and this education minister.” &YQFSUT DPOTVMUFE CZ OBUJPOBM NFEJB FYQMBJOFEUIBUUIFVTFPGUIF/PUXJUITUBO - EJOH$MBVTFCZUIFQSPWJODJBMHPWFSONFOU for contract negotiations is dangerous for democracy and sets a precedent for future negotiations. Effect on Schools "QPTTJCMFTUSJLFXPVMEBGGFDUBMMTDIPPMT in Prescott-Russell. The Conseil Scolaire
EF %JTUSJDU $BUIPMJRVF EF M&TU0OUBSJFO plans to keep its schools open for the time CFJOHi)PXFWFS JUJTQPTTJCMFUIBUJGUIJT TJUVBUJPOXFSFUPDPOUJOVF UIFSFXPVMECF repercussions on the proper functioning of PVSTDIPPMT*UJTUIFSFGPSFMJLFMZ GPSQVCMJD health and sanitary reasons, that learning will continue virtually.” said Lyne Racine, EJSFDUPSPGFEVDBUJPOPGUIF$4%$&0 The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) has decided to close its doors if UIF$61&EFDJEFTUPNPWFGPSXBSEXJUIUIF TUSJLFi$61&NBLFTVQBQQSPYJNBUFMZ per cent of the UCDSB workforce and holds
critical positions that support our students and school system. If CUPE participates in any kind of labour action or protest that takes staff out of schools, all UCDSB schools will be closed to students” said UCDSB Director Ron Ferguson. The Catholic District School Board of &BTUFSO0OUBSJP $%4#&0 XJMMDMPTFBMMTDIP - ols to students for safety reasons starting 'SJEBZ/PWFNCFSUIJGBOBHSFFNFOUJTOPU SFBDIFECZ5IVSTEBZ/PWFNCFSSE5IF $POTFJMEFTÊDPMFTQVCMJRVFTEFM&TUEF M0OUBSJP $&1&0 XJMMBMTPCFTXJUDIJOHUP online learning if a strike occurs.
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