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MONTREAL Teachers across Quebec bagen a strike Wednesday morning in order to pressure the government to move forward on contract negotiations, which union heads say are at an impasse. The strike has affected 58 school boards and service centres in Quebec, all of which are under the Federation of Education Unions (CSQ), and the Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers (QPAT). “Teachers are actually pretty angry,” said QPAT President Heidi Yetman, who spoke to CTV News Wednesday over chants and clanging noisemakers. “I mean they re really angry at this government that has not taken care of us during the pandemic.” The strike affects 73,000 French and English teachers across Quebec. According to QPAT, the issues being negotiated with the government include improvement to daily working conditions.
MONTREAL Quebec politicians at the National Assembly can expect a salty snack and saltier message to start the day, as they show up for work Thursday morning. The province s teachers union members plan to hand out popcorn to members of the government as a sign of frustration that business owners are being compensated for lost revenues while teachers remain without a collective agreement. Blown away by the government s decision to compensate for losses linked to the sale of popcorn in cinemas, teachers from the Federation of Education Unions (FSE-CSQ) will symbolically distribute popcorn in front of the National Assembly, reads a news release from the union.