CUPE said some 3,000 support staff are off the job in Edmonton and Sturgeon County, and another 200 workers are taking rotating strike action and working to rule.
Canadian Union of Public Employees members working for both Edmonton Public Schools and the Sturgeon Public School Division walked off the job Monday morning. Kendra Slugoski has the details. Education support workers began gathering under pitch-black pre-dawn skies in Edmonton and some nearby communities as a strike got underway.
The workers, bundled in coats and scarves and gripping signs, are calling for what they term fair wages from the Edmonton Public School Board and Sturgeon Public School Division.said some 3,000 staff are off the job in Edmonton and in the Sturgeon division, just north of the provincial capital, another 200 workers are taking rotating strike action and working to rule.Time lapse video shows growth of massive L.A.
Among the dozens outside Ross Sheppard High School in northwest Edmonton was longtime education assistant Fran Robertson, who said support for her profession has dwindled over the last nine years and she hopes the government will boost funding.CUPE Local 3550 president Mandy Lameroux said her members haven’t had a contract since 2020 and the average education support worker in Alberta earns $34,500 per year.
Finance Minister Nate Horner has accused CUPE of being misleading and said no one should expect a full-time salary for 10 months of part-time work, comments that the Opposition NDP has called insulting. The superintendents of both divisions have said each school will be affected differently and that parents should keep in touch with their school’s principal.1st carbon rebates of 2025 set to roll out. What Canadians can expectHalf of Canadians $200 or less away from not being able to pay bills: poll
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