Tag: Education
REMEMBRANCE DAY: Without vets, how will schoolkids learn about world wars?
For generations, First and Second world war veterans spent the days leading up to Remembrance Day visiting local schools and engaging students with their wartime stories.
Labour minister calls for calm as protesters picket lunchtime event in London
Labour Minister Monte McNaughton is calling for calm and said the best deals are reached at the bargaining table at a lunchtime event in south London picketed by striking education workers and their supporters.
We asked: Why are you on the CUPE picket line?
About 55,000 Ontario education workers, including about 5,000 in the London region, walked off the job Friday to back contract demands and protest a bill passed Thursday by the provincial government that imposed a new deal on them and banned a strike.
School strike countdown: London-area parents told to stay tuned
Parents are being asked to stay tuned as CUPE workers prepare to hit the streets Friday for what union officials say may be an indefinite amount of time, as it continues its showdown with the province over wages and working conditions.
School strike? No devices: Boards not giving out at-home learning aids
The London-area’s two major school boards aren’t sending equipment home with students to help them pivot to online learning if a threatened strike by education workers closes schools Friday, worrying parents who don’t have enough technology at home for their children.