Start of three-day strikes for 420,000 Quebec public sector workers

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Start of three-day strikes for 420,000 Quebec public sector workers

"We deserve more," said Filomena Mastrangelo, working at a Montreal elementary school, while out on the picket lines Tuesday. 420,000 public sector workers have started a three-day strike amid contract negotiations. Alyssia Rubertucci reports.

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