Parents Call on Legault Government to Meet Workers' Demands

Parents have also had enough of the government's refusal to negotiate new contracts with daycare workers based on their demands for wages and working conditions needed to improve the system. The working conditions of these workers are the living and learning conditons of preschool children and babies across Quebec.

An open letter signed by 278 parents and published in La Presse on November 24, demands that Premier Legault recognize the important role educators play in the lives of working families.

Citing exhaustion from both the pandemic and daycare strikes the letter reads in part, "We, the families of Quebec who are exhausted from adapting, are asking you to resolve this labour dispute through a negotiated settlement in order to save our mental health and that of our children, but also to save our early childhood education system. We all collectively need the workers in the CPE network, their role is major and it is time to recognize their part in our society and the fair value of their work. Do not abandon the Quebec families who have chosen to participate in the Quebec of tomorrow, and who today are at the end of their tether. If you can't do anything about the development of the pandemic, you have all the power you need to resolve this labour dispute."

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November 29, 2021 - No. 113

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https://cpcml.ca/WF2021/Articles/WO081133.HTM

    

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