More educational assistants, custodians, 'real wage increase' needed
But they want better pay and better staffing.
“We have heard stories of schools in northern Ontario where they’re being cleaned only every other day because there’s inadequate custodial staff support. We have heard stories of students not being able to come to school because there’s inadequate educational assistant support. There’s a host of issues that are happening throughout the province but more specifically in northern Ontario.”
“One of the proposals that we have is for an early childhood educator to be in every single Kindergarten classroom across the province. We know that the little ones coming in have spent the majority of their lives in isolation and uncertainty and we know that having those additional supports will start them off on their best foot in their future in education. “
Walton said her union’s members have not only been affected by Bill 124, which consists of a one per cent pay raise per year, but also a previous government’s Bill 115 that froze wages in 2012.
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