Ontario Education Workers Vote to Accept Deal With ProvinceOntario education workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have voted to accept a four-year contract with the province, with 73 percent of its 55,000 members voting in favour.
Laura Walton, a spokesperson for CUPE said at a press conference on Dec. 5 that 76 percent of members, about 41,000, voted in total. A minority, 11,229, or 27 percent, voted against the deal. Walton said the vote in favour was higher than expected.
The vote follows 170 days of contract negotiations between the Ford government and the union, which now gives education workers, including janitors, librarians, and education assistants, a $1-per-hour raise each year of the contract, representing an increase of 3.59 percent annually on average....
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