Cold weather prompts return to work

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Crossing the line: Some support staff and educational assistants defy union as province doubles down

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CUPE education workers have returned to the picket lines after six weeks in the trenches.

February has been the fifth -coldest start the month has ever had in Alberta , according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.

The province accuses the union of demanding wage increases that amount to “ between 40 to 50 per cent increases in the face of U.S. tariffs”.

Union representing Edmonton support staff and educational assistants seeking a 31 per cent wage increase.

CUPE strike continues.

Two thousand more support staff across Alberta vote to strike.

Parents and others are cheering them on and joining them, Gill said. “Albertans understand that education workers have to stand up for students and education,” Gill said.

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