West Island students walk out to support teacher protests

MONTREAL – Students at four West Island high schools walked out on their classes Wednesday morning in support of teacher protests.

IN PHOTOS: Students walk out to support teacher protests

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John Rennie, Riverdale, Lindsay Place and Saint-Thomas high schools all participated.

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The students protested during the first two periods of the day to support their teachers in the ongoing contract negotiations with the government.

Recently, the Lester B. Pearson School Board asked parents to keep their children out of protests.

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Teachers unions in all the English-language school boards across greater Montreal are already upping pressure tactics, voting in favour of holding six strike days sometime after the federal election on Oct. 19.