While students get to hit the snooze button a few more times tomorrow, teachers around the province are hitting the pavement for an hour or so in their first strike action protesting the lack of a contract.
After a Quebec Superior Court judge sided with the unions that school boards and service centres had no business seeking a permanent injunction in court against the strike, teachersâ unions announced an action consisting of only beginning to teach at 9:31 Wednesday morning.
Teachers have been without a contract for more than a year, and are angry about the state of negotiations, as unions drop their demands for smaller class sizes in the face of Quebecâs refusal to address it, and instead focus on reduced workloads and wages. The governmentâs latest wage offer is a 5% hike over three years with premiums in years one and two, and a boost of up to 1% if inflation surpasses 5%. Teachers are asking for 6% over three years.
MONTREAL If U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris happens to be in Canada any time soon, her old high school in Montreal would love to host her. The chairman of the English Montreal School Board wrote to Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau today formally requesting to have Harris stop over in Montreal during an eventual official visit to Canada. Joe Ortona writes the board was proud to see Harris, a graduate of Westmount High School, ascend to the vice presidency last November. Harris, 56, who spent her teen years in Montreal, has proven an inspiration to many, including at her old school.
MONTREAL — If U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris happens to be in Canada any time soon, her old high school in Montreal would love to host her.The chairman of the English Montreal School Board wrote . . .
The chairman of the English Montreal School Board wrote to Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau formally requesting to have the American vice-president stop…
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