The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa had set a strike deadline for 12:01 a.m. on July 6, 2024. It came and went with no deal being reached, and workers are now set to hit the picket lines Monday morning.
Local children's aid workers began picketing Monday morning after months of contract negotiations with their employer failed to address what their union calls a chronic lack of funding.The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa had set a strike deadline for 12:01 a.m. on July 6, 2024. It came and went with no deal being reached, and workers were set to hit the picket lines Monday morning.
Their early Saturday morning strike deadline passed with no deal in place. They began walking the picket lines at 8 a.m. Monday outside their office in Ottawa's Pineview neighbourhood. Thorn said the union learned during the negotiations their employer would be laying off 20 people at CASO, something that could have "catastrophic" consequences.operated at a deficit of $3.3 million
The ministry added the 2024 budget allocates $36.5 million in additional funding for child welfare this year, as a base increase to ongoing funding. "We are punished by doing good work, keeping kids out of care," Thorn said. "People have nothing left."
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