CUPE held its annual Education Workers Steering Committee Conference in Yorkton Thursday, and a major concern was provincial funding cuts previously supported by Jordan’s Principle.
Other topics of discussion included recent layoffs and violence in the workplace.
Saskatchewan NDP Shadow Education Minister Matt Love addressed the conference, and says it’s vital that the SaskParty government find a way to restore the funding for educational support workers, so that Indigenous and vulnerable children are not left behind.
Saskatchewan NDP Shadow Education Minister addresses the CUPE Education Workers Steering Committee Conference in Yorkton.
Committee Chair Karla Sastaunik says cuts to programs supporting education support workers, that had previously supported by Jordan’s Principle need to be restored, for the benefit of students and the employees.
Brody Hudson, an education assistant in Saskatoon, says funding cuts and layoffs create great uncertainty for support workers, especially when it comes to potential contracts for the upcoming school year, adding that it’s important for students to have continuity when it comes to support with workers that they are familiar with and trust.
CUPE members presented Love with a petition, calling on the province to take immediate action to fully restore the funding that previously been supported by Jordan’s Principle.
Lia Storey-Gamble, a recently laid-off education assistant, presents a petition to Saskatchewan NDP Shadow Education Minister Matt Love in Yorkton, calling for the restoration of funding under Jordan’s Principle.
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