As the Nova Scotia Teachers Union prepares to hold a strike vote, parents around the province are left to wonder what they will do if teachers decide to walk out.
Many parents rely on the routine of sending children to school while they are at work.
Should the teacher’s decide to strike, they could face the daunting task of finding child care.
Teachers want to make public education better & if it takes a strike to do that, they are willing to take that step #BetterEd #NSTUnited pic.twitter.com/X16DxqzyTf
— NS Teachers Union (@NSTeachersUnion) October 21, 2016
Heather Lantz is Director of the Lunenburg Daycare Centre and she says preschools won’t be the answer.
“We would be able to take a number of children that would not exceed our license. We would be able to accommodate the parents on a first come, first served basis.”
The last time their union asked public school teachers for a strike mandate was back in the fall of 2002.
The NSTU will vote tomorrow on whether or not they will go on strike.
