Strike surges on: Halifax school support staff bracing for prolonged walkout
CTV
Wednesday will mark two weeks of strike action for school support workers in Halifax.
Wednesday will mark two weeks of strike action for school support workers in Halifax.
“My kids are not doing well in school, they’re not passing all their classes,”says African student support worker, AJ Simmonds. “We’ve got prom coming up, we’ve got graduation coming up and I’m not there. I’m not in school to prep them to do scholarships and do bursaries so it’s really affecting our kids.”
With no negations scheduled between CUPE Local 5047, the union representing the workers, and the province, there is fear that the strike will continue until the end of the school year and throughout the summer.
“For myself, I think there’s a great concern that we’ve been out even as long as we have been or that we even had to leave,” says picket captain Terra Crowe.
This is troubling news for Louannda Dominix.
“My daughter has cerebral palsy, she has ADHD, she has autism and she has intellectual disabilities,” says Dominix.
As a result, her daughter, who is in grade ten, requires 100 per cent care in school.
