The start of the school year is being threatened with a work-to-rule campaign from non-teaching employees. Fifty-five thousand office and library staff, custodians, educational assistants and early childhood educators are threatening work to rule. Any campaign would affect the boards in Algoma Manitoulin. The workers are represented by CUPE and have been without a contract for a year. Their first legal strike day would be next week on Thursday. The province has tentative deals with public high school and Catholic teachers. It’s bargaining with educators at the elementary and Francophone levels.
