Manitoba First Nation defaulted on teacher salaries, school deplorable: union
WINNIPEG – The federal government is being asked to take over a Manitoba First Nation that allegedly hasn’t paid its teachers.
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society says Ottawa should appoint a third-party manager to address chronic financial problems at the Sandy Bay reserve.
The union alleges the First Nation has defaulted on teacher salaries, forcing some to miss mortgage and loan payments.
It alleges retired teachers can’t get access to their pensions and those who are ill can’t get health or disability benefits.
The union also alleges conditions at the school are deplorable with broken fire alarms and bathrooms without toilet paper.
Neither the chief nor members of the Sandy Bay council immediately responded to the allegations.
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