Daycare educators in Quebec go on 2-day strike over deadlock in contract negotiations – Montreal | The Canadian News

Some Quebec families have to find alternative child care arrangements on Tuesday and Wednesday due to a rotating strike in the province.

Educators from one of the main childcare workers’ unions, the Fédération des intervenantes en petite enfance du Québec, are picketing this week over the deadlock in contract negotiations.

Tuesday’s labor action involves workers in Montreal, Laval, Lanaudière, Montérégie and Estrie, while Wednesday’s takes place in Quebec City, Chaudière-Appalaches and Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Union president Valérie Grenon says workers are fighting for better pay, more hiring to support existing staff and more resources for children with special needs.

She told a meeting Tuesday morning that workers are also concerned about being forced to work mandatory overtime due to a shortage of educators on the net.

Educators from two other unions will hold separate two-day strikes this week and next.

1:58Parents and early childhood educators speak out against shortage of childcare services in Quebec