Schools close as Common Front workers demand better pay, conditions
From CKUT Local Journalism Initiative · 00:09:50
Show by Jules Bugiel
Episode Notes Montrealers are picketing in front of the city's schools, hospitals, and service centres, Tuesday through Thursday. They're part of the roughly 420,000 public and parapublic workers demanding better pay and working conditions across the province. The latest Front Commun (Common Front) strike will cause disruptions in healthcare and social services. Montrealers can expect this especially on Thursday, when the nurses' union, the Fédération Interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ), will begin their own two-day strike. But the biggest disruptions are in education. Though both English and French schools and CEGEPs have closed their doors, French schools could be closed for far longer than the three-day strike. On Thursday, the Fédération Autonome de l'Enseignement (FAE), which represents workers in Montreal's largest school service centre, will begin its own indefinite strike.
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