CUPE 3742 says they are having trouble retaining school support workers

Paula says that many entering the field are not expecting the level of violence that is witnessed by a school support worker on a daily basis and some have to wear Kevlar sleeves and shields.

School support workers perform a number of different roles in a school, including clerical tasks, custodians that keep the schools clean, Indigenous education workers, youth care workers and a host of others.

Paula says that one way of adding additional hours for support workers is through before and after school care and there have been examples of this in other communities like Campbell River, Delta and Nakusp where they’ve been able to provide keeping staff with full time hours and thereby retaining them at a better level than here in Prince George. Bass says that the same can be done here, it just comes down to implementation.

“We need our administrators and our board to reach out to other school districts to ask the questions and get the ball rolling.” – Paula Bass, President, CUPE 3742

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CUPE 3742 says they are having trouble retaining school support workers

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