Contract negotiations are ongoing between the union representing 55,000 education workers and the province
Education workers say wage increases are very much needed amid contract negotiations between the province and the union representing tens of thousands of education workers.
Education workers make an average of $39,000 per year, according to CUPE'S Ontario School Board Council of Unions . "I know many of my colleagues have second jobs. Some even have a third job," said Debbie Popovic, an elementary school librarian."Inflation and everything else is making it very difficult for us even to pay bills, make ends meet," said Rodrique.
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