Amid threats of another strike Monday by 55,000 unionized school support staff, Ontario schools are being instructed to come up with “contingency plans.”
Hundred of thousands of Ontario parents and students will learn by 5 p.m. Sunday whether there will be another strike by unionized school support staff.
After rejecting a deal that included the equivalent of 15.2 per cent pay raises over four years, CUPE says its members are ready to hit the bricks again. Hundreds of thousands of parents and schoolchildren should be notified by noon Sunday whether schools can open Monday, said the memo, which was sent prior to the 5 p.m. deadline being known.
Even some of the union allies on stage at CUPE’s triumphant press conference last week after Ford’s capitulation are now privately expressing concerns that it has overplayed its hand. Education Minister Stephen Lecce, noting the Tories had sweetened their contract offer to CUPE by $335 million, countered that nearly 7,000 extra education workers have been hired.
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