COPE ONTARIO

COPE joins union call for education system rescue!

COPE Ontario Director Glenn Wheeler joined other labour leaders at a news conference on Wednesday to call on the Ford government to deal with the funding crisis in the education system.

Increased class sizes, reductions in Educational Assistants and other support staff and increasing central control by the government are the story of education in Ontario today.

Loss of EAs and other support staff means students with needs are not getting the services they require and classroom conditions for all students is being affected.

Bargaining for new collective agreements is about to begin, and COPE and other unions will be calling on the province to increase funding to match population increases.

COPE has education locals across Ontario and bargains through the Ontario Council of Educational Workers, which includes four other unions.