Public Service Alliance of Canada Vote to Strike if Negotiations Fail
Members have been without a contract since 2021, with the majority of them women, who make between $40,000 and $65,000 a year.
Members have been without a contract since 2021, with the majority of them women, who make between $40,000 and $65,000 a year.
With the strike at Cape Breton University now over, the union’s Peter MacIntyre says the deal is decent but doesn’t address all of the faculty members’ concerns.
Faculty have been on strike for more than a week demanding higher wages and better treatment.
Demonstrators gathered on Monday in Saint John, Moncton, and Fredericton over Bill 23, which received Royal Assent on Friday.
New Brunswick is proposing legislative changes that labour leaders say will weaken rights for public service employees during labour disputes.
Teaching assistants, part-time instructors, markers and demonstrators walked off the job on October 19.
The first formal negotiations in weeks brought little progress.
As part of the federal-provincial child care agreement, announced in July 2021, ECE’s were promised a new wage scale. But nearly 14 months later, there’s still no official word on what date they’ll see a raise.Â