Sturgeon Public Schools support workers vote 94% in favour of strike action [Video]

Support workers with the public school division immediately north of Edmonton have voted to take strike action.

The 250 Sturgeon Public School Division education support workers in CUPE Local 4625, in a vote Friday that saw a turnout of 93 per cent, voted 94 per cent in favour of taking strike action, the local said Tuesday in a media release.

The Alberta Labour Relations Board has confirmed the results, the local said, which allows it to give 72-hour strike notice to the school division.

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Kelly Salisbury, the local’s president, said in the release the main issue for members is wages, adding they’ve “tolerated eight years of zeroes,” indicating they haven’t received a raise in that time.

“Students are our absolute main priority, but an inability to pay the bills is affecting members at home, making the job unsustainable,” Salisbury said.

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