Employees of 119 Quebec daycares strike for contract negotiations

Workers of 119 Quebec daycares walked out of work yesterday for a day long strike.

According to CTV, the 2,600 strikers want the provincial government to negotiate their contracts. The daycare employees are members of the CSN union.

According to CTV and the CSN, employees working without contracts at 360 daycares will strike if an agreement hasn’t been reached by Friday.

Families Minister Yolande James told CTV that she's "confident" they "can work out a deal." 

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