No class Monday morning for Montreal students as public sector workers strike
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As union members gear up for a massive strike, students in the Montreal area should expect a late start to their school day on Monday.
As union members gear up for a massive strike, students in the Montreal area should expect a late start to their school day on Monday.
The strike action is being led by a common front of public sector unions uniting more than 400,000 workers in Quebec.
Sunday, they rejected the province's latest offer in negotiations.
Some workers include teachers, caretakers and cafeteria workers in schools across Quebec.
At the English Montreal School Board (EMSB), four unions representing workers have given official notice that they plan to go on strike from midnight on Nov. 6 until 10:30 a.m.
The action means classes will not start until 11 a.m. Monday in the youth and adult sectors.
"All English Montreal School Board youth sector schools, elementary and high schools, will remain open on Monday, Nov. 6. The school day will begin at 11 a.m. for the start of classes, and there will be supervision in the school yard at 10:50 a.m. in the elementary schools," the EMSB wrote in a memo to parents.
