Players will have access six new commanders including the Imperial Japanese Army’s Admiral Soemu Toyoda, the Southern Expeditionary Army Group’s Hisaichi, Legendary five-star US general Douglas MacArthur and Chief of Staff Richard J. "And at the same time, I'm also supporting the teachers who are trying to do their best to educate the kids and my kids log into their learning online.Ridgewood, NJ – (February 22, 2019) – Kalypso Media’s hit World War II real time tactics game, Sudden Strike 4, rages into the Pacific with The Pacific War DLC pack, available now for PC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One, priced at $19.99.Īlong with introducing a new theatre of the conflict, The Pacific War DLC features ten missions set across two campaigns. "I think they have every right to strike, and that's totally fine," she said in an interview. "I drove by the protest, honked the horn, and I support them. Henderson said her decision was based on what was best for her family and seven children, and taking into account the fact that teachers are not on strike. She said she supports the workers on strike but also wants to respect the teachers who are at work. Deciding to log onĮrica Henderson of Fredericton decided her two children, who are 11 and 13 years old, would log onto virtual learning. 6, all 10 CUPE locals who were in wage talks with the province voted in favour of a strike. "It felt really sudden even though the strike vote was, like, weeks ago," said Ryer, who considers herself lucky that her current schedule as a nurse allows her to stay at home to take care of her son. Her son Brantley Ryer has autism and with the suddenness of the strike, Ryer worried he would not get access to the support he usually relies on. Ryer, who is also a nurse, said she sympathizes with CUPE workers who have taken to the picket lines, given that the New Brunswick Nurses Union is also in the midst of contract negotiations that have repeatedly fallen through.
She made the decision to not log on to online learning Monday morning in solidarity with CUPE workers who are striking, as she does not want to cross a virtual picket line. Kelly Ryer is pictured here with her five-year-old son, Brantley Ryer. crossing the virtual picket line and where the government is trying to replace our frontline workers and our CUPE workers with online learning and using it almost as a cop-out." I don't mind doing it when it's in response to a pandemic," Ryer said in an interview from her home in Oromocto. "I started reflecting on why we were doing online learning as a response to a strike. "Every time 'the union strike cancelled your children's Halloween party,' we had about seven EAs, just friends of mine, saying 'I was at school ready for your kids.'" Crossing the 'virtual picket line'įor Kelly Ryer, the choice to not log onto online learning for her five-year-old son was a matter of principle. She said the ones designated as essential were in school, ready to work. Melanson said she personally knows many educational assistants, whose job is to assist children who need extra support, such as those with intellectual disabilities. The locked-out school employees include custodians, bus drivers, school library assistants, administrative support workers and educational assistants.
Geneviève Roy doesn't feel equipped to teach her six-year-old son who has autism, and Florida Ann Martin, whose son has special needs, feels the same.
Radio-Canada spoke to two other parents who are keeping their kids off the school laptops. Parents like Melanson have to stay at home during periods of online learning because their children rely on educational assistants or are too young and parents don't have access to child care. "Like, 'We don't need you anyway, we just need the teachers and computers.'" "I just kind of felt like it was a tactic to make this strike irrelevant,'" she said in an interview with Radio-Canada. Parent Sally Melanson said her child won't be participating because the province is using it as a strategy instead of a tool to keep children informed. Some parents took to social media to accuse the province of misusing online learning. Schools across the province will move to online learning as of Monday. Duration 1:19 The New Brunswick government on Sunday locked out all non-designated CUPE members in the Department of Education.