Women daycare workers on strike for full-time hours at Munro Academy

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Unifor Local 4600 members at Munro Academy set up their picket line at 7:00 a.m. this morning outside the Sydney Mines, N.S. day care after last efforts over the weekend failed to convince the employer to agree to a 40-hour per week schedule.

The 23 Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) implored their employer to match the full-time, consistent schedules offered at other Cape Breton area child care centres, but after a year of bargaining and three days of conciliation, the employer remains firm in their demand for scheduling reduced hours.

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Quick Facts

• The Canada-Nova Scotia Early Learning and Child Care Agreement sets hourly wages for ECEs in the province based on full-time hours.
• Munro Academy Early Learning Centre has all current child care spaces filled and a wait list.
• Three other Unifor-represented child care centres in Cape Breton all have committed to 40-hour workweeks for ECEs.

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