School boards attempt to block teachers’ unique strike plan 7 April 2021 Reading time: 1 min
By Matthew McCully
School boards and service centres across the province have filed an interlocutory and permanent injunction with the supreme court to prevent teachers from following through with a strike intended to take place on the morning of April 14 from the start of school until 9:30 a.m.
“I honestly believe the school boards just don’t know what to do,” commented Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers (QPAT) President Heidi Yetman in a phone interview.
The plan is not your average strike, Yetman explained, the tactic has yet to be used in the province. Teachers would in theory begin their strike at midnight and end at 9:30 a.m. on April 14, only disrupting the first 90 minutes of the school day.
10 December 2020 Reading time: 1 min
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Members of the Appalachian Teachers’ Association (ATA) held demonstrations in Cowansville and Granby Thursday to draw attention to stalled collective agreement negotiations with the government.
Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers (QPAT) President Heidi Yetman, protesting with the local teachers’ union, said if things don’t start moving at the negotiating table, unions will push for a strike mandate in January.
“Nothing is happening,” Yetman said. “In January we will have been at the table for a year.”
According to the QPAT president, On March 13 when everything closed down the government said negotiations should be put on hold and unions agreed.