For the third week in a row, some 3,000 workers at daycares in Quebec are expected go on strike for a few hours this Friday.
The workers are members of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) affiliated Fédération des intervenantes en petite enfance (FIPEQ).
The CPEs affected are expected to open their doors at 10 a.m., with their strike mandate allowing them to open later and later each Friday.
Next week, doors will open at 12 p.m. if no progress is made.
The main points in the dispute are wages, workload and organization.
A qualified educator in an early childhood centre earns $21.60 an hour at the first echelon and $28.60 at the tenth echelon.
The unions representing workers in the CPEs argue they only received a wage increase offer of 12.7 per cent over five years from Quebec City, whereas other government employees were given 17.4 per cent …