19 h. ago Alberta school support workers' strikes end after all deals ratified

Union happy more school districts are following the pattern set in Fort McMurray and Edmonton

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44 h. ago Striking Alberta support workers reaching agreements with school divisions

All nine of the striking CUPE locals in Alberta have reached tentative agreements, many have been voted on and hundreds of school support staff have returned to work.

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3 d. ago Alberta school support workers to return to classrooms as massive strike winds down

Thousands of education support staff around Alberta are set to return to their posts in the coming days as a months-long strike winds down, union officials said Tuesday. The Canadian Union of Public Employees said tentative contracts with the Parkland School Division and the Calgary Board of Education were reached pending ratification from members. Over […]

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3 d. ago Thousands of Alberta school support workers could soon return to classrooms: union

Thousands of striking education support workers in Alberta could be back on the job later this week, if they vote in favour of tentative contract settlements.

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5 d. ago Alberta school support workers reach tentative deal to end two

Alberta school support workers reach tentative deal to end strike, with contracts covering Edmonton and Fort McMurray staff. Other districts remain without agreements.

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5 d. ago End in sight for education worker strikes as deals reached in Edmonton, Fort McMurray

Deals that could lead to the end of provincewide strikes by education workers were reached Saturday. Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees still need to ratify agreements carved out by union locals and the Edmonton Public, Fort McMurray Public and Fort McMurray Catholic school districts. “Education support workers are critical to our school […]

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2 w. ago City of Toronto inside workers seek extension of deadline to Monday

CUPE Local 79 represents 30,000 inside workers

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3 w. ago Hundreds of school support workers rally at legislature as Alberta releases budget

EDMONTON — Hundreds of striking school support workers marched through the streets of downtown Edmonton to the Alberta legislature on budget day and stood outside, waving signs, blowing horns and demanding higher wages. “We will not be silenced,” some protesters chanted on Thursday as their kids sat on their shoulders or played in snow. Inside […]

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3 w. ago School support workers rally outside Alberta legislature as budget released inside

Striking education support workers marched through the streets of Edmonton and protested outside the legislature at the same time the Alberta budget was being tabled inside.

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3 w. ago Calgary school support workers head to picket lines, joining thousands across Alberta

'Education workers are ready to stand up (and) fight to get proper funding for education,' said Clay Gordon, president of CUPE Local 40

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last month Calgary school custodial workers serve strike notice after voting 94% to walk off job

CUPE says the average Alberta school support worker makes $34,500 annually and many have gone almost a decade without a raise.

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