CUPE school support staff set to strike again after talks with province break down

Hundreds of thousands of parents and students should brace for more labour uncertaintyLaura Walton, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees’ school boards bargaining unit, said they have given“It’s incredibly disappointing that the Ford government categorically refused to put money on the table to give students the type of learning environment they need,” Walton said Wednesday.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce expressed unhappiness that negotiations have broken down with CUPE, which represents 55,000 custodians, early childhood educators, and other school staff. “CUPE has rejected all of these offers. We are at the table ready to land a fair deal that invests more in lower income workers and keeps kids in class.”

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The slogan and Act 'Keeping Students in Class' was a massive failure on Lecce's part on November 4 & 7. Stating truisms (benefit of being in school) doesn't deliver execution without the goodwill of workers. Looks like he'll add November 21 to his list of failures.

CUPE are greedy shameful lazy and entitled.

Not surprising ford and leece are bargaining in bad faith. If they wont listen to the unions bottom line then this is what they ask for. They want to keep the money for their own raises.

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