Why Quebec public sector workers are set to strike and how it could affect you Monday
CBC
November is shaping up to be a month of strikes — that is unless the Quebec government strikes deals in long-stalled negotiations with the province's public sector unions.
The first strike day Quebecers need to be aware of is Monday, Nov. 6.
As it stands, unions representing hundreds of thousands of health, social services and education workers in Quebec, known collectively as the common front, are going on strike that day.
In a nutshell, workers are calling for better pay and better conditions. On Oct. 29, the workers with the common front quickly rejected the latest offer from the province.
The province is also negotiating with other groups and union.
The province's biggest nurses' union, the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé (FIQ), — which also represents respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists — is also planning a two-day, all-day strike next Thursday and Friday.
The Fédération autonome de l'enseignement (FAE), which represents tens of thousands of teachers in Quebec, has announced that it will go on an unlimited strike on Nov. 23.
So how might this all affect Quebecers who aren't hitting the picket lines? Let's look at what you can expect on Monday.
On Nov. 6, schools with striking staff will not open until 10:30 a.m. That creates a tricky situation for schools and parents.
First, parents who normally drop their kids off at their school's daycare service before classes start will have to rethink their plans. Then, there's the issue of when classes begin.
Classes at the the English Montreal School Board and the Lester B. Pearson School Board will start at 11 a.m. Those at the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board will begin at 11:15 a.m.
Most, if not all, French school service centres, including the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal, have opted to cancel classes in the morning and resume classes in the afternoon.
For each of the school boards and service centres, bus transportation and daycare services will resume on Monday afternoon after classes. Parents of children who use the Transco bus service will need to find an alternative however. That company began an unlimited strike last Monday.
On Monday Nov. 6, CEGEPs will be closed until noon.
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