Education Minister Stephen Lecce I am sending a message to his CUPE leader on behalf of the support staff. The Union Council of the Ontario Board of Education, which is part of CUPE and represents approximately 55,000 people, has sent an email to local residents of the union asking them to vote to strike by the week of August 22. .
This could mean a strike as early as his second week of school on most boards.
"I have never met a parent in this province who did not set expectations clearly," Lecce said of his hopes for a clean start to the school year, without any disruption.
CUPE represents school board staff, teaching assistants, library staff, custodians, ECE staff and other support staff. Their proposal to thestates, filed last week, calls for significant wage increases of at least $3.25 an hour for each year of new contracts. It also asks the school board's minimum staffing requirements, paid preparation time for some workers, and the government that he spends $100 million to create 1,500 to 1,700 new jobs. .
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Unions say pay increases are needed because the state has held back wages for education workers since 2012, and they It claims: It is projected to be at least 15-17% per year.
The state has yet to submit a counter-proposal, but Lecce said something will happen next Monday.
"They should spend all this energy at the table so that we can close deals for their members," Lecce said, postponing the strike vote. He added that negotiations with CUPE have been productive so far.
"Our only duty is to stay at the table and cooperate," said Lecce.
The Minister called on all sides to stay at the table and find good deals for workers and students.
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