The president of the union representing 10,000 Quebec home daycare workers says members are leaving the profession by the hundreds over wages, among other issues.
The group — Federation des intervenantes en petite enfance — began a series of rotating strikes yesterday, with about 14-hundred workers involved in the first job action, a move affecting nearly nine-thousand families.
The union says it plans to launch a general strike on Sept. 21 if a deal isn’t reached with the Quebec government by that time.
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Rather than being paid by the hour, daycare educators receive a subsidy from the government to provide the service at home.
Their union estimates that based on hours worked and expenses, workers bring home the equivalent of $12.42 per hour.
Workers are demanding the equivalent of $16.75 per hour.