The provincial government also brought in a dispute inquiry board last month when support workers at public and Catholic schools in Fort McMurray were poised to strike.
RELATED VIDEO : An Edmonton Public Schools support worker strikes have been averted — for now. But many parents are still anxious about a labour disruption interrupting their child’s learning. Morgan Black has the latest.Two days after the Alberta government mandated the Edmonton Public School Board and the union representing its support staff to work with a dispute inquiry board as their labour conflict continues, a protest is expected to take place to decry the move.
In a statement issued Wednesday night, the Canadian Union of Public Employees confirmed that CUPE 3550 members will take part in what it describes as a “political protest” on Thursday “in resistance to the provincial government’s low wage mandates and interference in collective bargaining.”Educational assistant Mandy Lamoureux is the president of the local and indicated the union realizes the protest will impact students and families.
CUPE said the dispute inquiry board will simply bring about mediation once again and that it believes it is an attempt to delay any potential job action and that it will demoralize its members.After Bank of Canada’s oversized cut, is lower and faster the new pace? Global News has reached out to the offices of Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides and Jobs, Economy and Trade Minister Matt Jones for a response to the planned protest. This article will be updated once a response is received.
Jason Foster, a professor at Athabasca University who specializes in labour history and policy, told The Canadian Press this week that he also believes the province’s move is a “delay tactic” and noted that the two sides in any labour dispute already are required to go through a mediation process before any strike or lockout can begin.“The inquiry board is going to do nothing more than what a mediator does,” Foster said.
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