Quebec teachers will continue striking for a third week starting Monday, said union president Mélanie Hubert at a news conference Friday evening after a marathon two-day meeting.
The Fédération autonome de l’enseignement (FAE), which represents teachers across Quebec, has been on an unlimited general strike since Nov. 23, keeping some 368,000 students out of school, according to Quebec’s Education Ministry.
Hubert told reporters that the union is prepared to table a new counter-offer.
On Friday, Quebec Premier François Legault urged striking teachers to return to work, saying earlier in the day that the strike is hurting children.
“We need to stop this strike. It’s going to hurt our students who already had
