No End to Gestures of Solidarity With Striking Teachers

Teachers receive financial support from Unifor (left) and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

Following the donation by United Steelworkers of $100,000 to striking public sector workers, Unifor and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) also made donations on December 15 of $70,000 and $100,000, respectively.

"Unifor is proud to provide financial support to the strikers because our struggles are intertwined, and it is through solidarity that private and public sector workers can win, together," said Lana Payne, Unifor's National President.

"These public servants are the backbone of our society, educating our children and caring for the entire population. They deserve our sympathy and respect," said Yvon Barrière, Executive Vice-President of PSAC-Québec.

The Federation of Private Education Personnel (FPEP-CSQ) donated $80,000 to the Quebec Union Central (CSQ), with which it is affiliated. "Our contribution is a message of solidarity and support for our colleagues' fight to halt the deterioration of working conditions in the education sector," said Stéphane Lapointe, president of the FPEP-CSQ, in a press release.

The Facebook site, Entraide pour les profs en grève (Mutual Aid for Teachers on Strike) [[www.facebook.com/groups/744988570776994/]], set up at the beginning of December, publicizes initiatives taken by or for teachers to provide food, gift cards, free restaurant meals, discounts at various retailers, etc. There are too the hundreds and hundreds of people who have visited the teachers' picket lines to offer their support in the form of coffee and meals.

Below are photos from various actions organized by and for teachers over the recent period.

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This article was published in

Volume 53 Number 12 - December 2023

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