[1]Students at Centennial Secondary School walked out of class Wednesday afternoon. Photo by James Gaughan, QNet News.
By James Gaughan [2]
BELLEVILLE–Students at a number of high schools across the Quinte region walked out of class this week to support their janitors.
Custodial staff at the high schools don’t have a contract and have stopped doing things such as cleaning hallways and emptying garbage as part of a work-to-rule campaign. As a result, students say schools are filthy.
The custodial staff are part of CUPE [3] – the Canadian Union of Public Employees – and have been working without a contract since Aug. 2014.
Bayside Secondary [4], Moira Secondary [5] and Centennial Secondary [6] have all staged protests this week. Hear what students had to say:
http://www.qnetnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Students-protest.mp3 [7]