School Strike

• Job action to begin Monday at Edmonton and area schools

  Picket lines will go up Monday at three public schools in Edmonton and at all schools in the Sturgeon Public School Division as support staff begin a job action.

  Education

  Jan 12, 2025
  
• Halifax school support staff say strike may be done, but fight is not over

  A parent who joined them on the picket lines says she'll also carry on the fight for them and the students who could not go to class.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2023
  
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• Nova Scotia parents, striking school support workers stage rally in Halifax

  They filled the square outside City Hall to call for better wages for school support staff and to get all students back into the classroom.

  Education

  May 18, 2023
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• ‘You are excellent today’: Striking Halifax-area school support workers mark Black Excellence Day

  'I think it's a travesty that we're out here instead of celebrating with our students — and it's pretty bad when our students are coming out here to celebrate with us.'

  Education

  May 15, 2023
• Bargaining continues between education workers and province as strike deadline looms

  CUPE has said 55,000 of its workers will walk off on Monday if a deal with the province isn't reached by 5 p.m. on Sunday.

  Economy

  Nov 19, 2022
• Hamilton’s public schools will close to students if education workers walk out Monday

  Hamilton's two largest school boards say they will close to in-person learning should CUPE caretakers and maintenance workers strike on Monday.

  Education

  Nov 17, 2022
• Ontario memo directs school boards to ‘implement contingency plans’ after CUPE strike notice

  Ontario's Ministry of Education is directing school boards to 'implement contingency plans' as some 55,000 education workers are poised to walk picket lines on Monday.

  Education

  Nov 17, 2022
• Peterborough area schools to reopen Tuesday as CUPE education workers return to work

  On Monday afternoon, Peterborough area school boards said schools will reopen Tuesday as CUPE workers return, and all previously scheduled school activities and events will resume.

  Education

  Nov 7, 2022
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• Hamilton, Niagara boards confirm schools will open Tuesday with CUPE members returning

  Both of Hamilton's public school boards closed Monday amid a CUPE education workers strike they say compromises the safety of students and staff.

  Education

  Nov 7, 2022
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• Simcoe County, Simcoe Muskoka Catholic school boards to reopen school Tuesday

  Both the Simcoe County and Simcoe Muskoka Catholic school boards will be fully reopened to students on Tuesday after CUPE agreed to end its strike.

  Education

  Nov 7, 2022