Students across the province are in school today after a strike by 55,000 education workers, including custodians, early childhood educators and clerical staff, was averted.
Speaking on Mix 97 this morning, Laura Walton, head of CUPE’s School Board Council of Unions president who lives in the Quinte region, says one of the first issues they addressed during weekend negotiations with the province was keeping their current sick leave plan.
Walton says they also bargained a “modest” raise and secured the restoration of a key grant fund for schools across Ontario.
The deal must still be ratified.
