Negotiations between Quebec and the General Front will now focus on issues such as wages, as the last affiliated union reached a tentative settlement last night over its working conditions.
The last union of the Quebec Workers' Confederation (FTQ) reached an agreement with the Quebec government at midnight Tuesday through Wednesday. Negotiations at the central table will continue on Wednesday, particularly on the question of salaries.
This new settlement hypothesis ends the FTQ's round of negotiations on eight sector tables, the union federation announced online Wednesday morning.
This means that all unions affiliated with FTQ have an agreement. It was already there in CSN, CSQ and APTS. These four confederations come together to form the Common Front, which negotiates jointly with Quebec.
This latest agreement by the FTQ union was reached at 1:03pm last night. It focused on sectoral issues related to working conditions with the employer negotiation group of the French-speaking school service centers.
The SPPLRN represents education professionals from 33 different job categories (nutritionists, remedial teachers, psychologists, social workers, guidance counselors, etc.). They serve 137,000 students in 235 schools, affluent, Laval and Mille-Isles school service centers.
A series of deals before Christmas
During intensive negotiations on Saturday and Sunday, a series of agreements were announced on the sectoral tables of various general front unions. Talks were suspended on December 25 to allow all parties involved to celebrate Christmas.
All these hypothetical terms will soon be given to the representatives of their bodies.
On December 23, the Common Front recalled that without a satisfactory agreement by the end of the year – especially on the central table – its 420,000 members could trigger an indefinite general strike in 2024.
Resumption of negotiations with FAE
On behalf of the Federation of Autonomous Education (FAE), which unites 66,500 teachers in an indefinite general strike from November 23, Negotiations with Quebec resumed on Tuesday. The restart follows a 24-hour break in talks.
On December 21, FAE members unanimously voted to agree to a proposal to enter into negotiations, but on the condition that they could discuss union proposals.
“Teachers have not gone on strike for 22 days to allow the terms of the contract to be dictated to them,” the federation said in a message on social network X on December 22.
Through a press release on December 22, Melanie Hubert, the central leader, said, “The government still refuses to listen to many union proposals that respond to the crying needs of teachers and their students, young people and adults. The management side is trying to control the lessons to enter a blitz. »
Just before Christmas, professors affiliated with the FAE blockaded the Port of Montreal. Last Friday, a civic rally in support of the teachers was also held in front of Prime Minister François Legault's office on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal.
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