Union members also blocked access to the Casino du Lac-Leamy in Gatineau at 8:45 a.m. The FAE leadership accused the government of using a strategy of exhausting teachers, who have been picketing since Nov. The union, which represents 66,000 elementary and high school teachers in the province, rejected Quebec's latest offer Wednesday evening, calling it a 'smoke screen' with significant setbacks on its demands. Members of a striking teacher's union, the Fédération autonome de l'enseignement (FAE), blocked entrances to the ports of Montreal and Quebec City early Thursday morning, as negotiations with the provincial government appeared to stall this week.