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Thousands of Quebec parents will have to find alternate child care on January 23, as 13,000 Quebec-run (CPE) daycare workers will go on a one-day strike in the province. Negotiations started in May of 2024, but daycare workers have been without a contract since March of 2023.
“As a parent, it’s super stressful to have this looming over your head,” said Alex-Ann Adams, parent of an 18-month-old who uses daycare. “As a single parent, that affects me more because who’s going to watch my kids while I go to work?”
On the other hand, Adams is sympathetic to the educators, “[I] really support the strikes, because we know that the work conditions, in daycares are not necessarily up to par.”
“If we want our kids and the next generation to be well raised and well taken care of, we have to take care of the daycare workers as well,” Adams said.
Educators make between $39,000 to $54,000 annually.
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