Quebec presents its offers to government employees, and the unions immediately reject them

Sonia Lebel, head of the Treasury Board, unveiled the François Legault government’s offers in the company of health and education ministers Christian Dubé and Bernard Trinville.

Sonya Lebel, who conducts negotiations with employees of ministries and organizations, says she wants to negotiate with health and education employees. Actual changes in both networks. Unions have been invited to participate in this For a wider conversation.

What Minister Dubé added was the emphasis on research Solid solutions order To remove barriers that prevent networks from having flexibility.

” We know the solutions; We have to provide the means for their quick deployment. »

The Legault government is asking employees in the public and sub-public sectors to show greater agility and flexibility.

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Employment contracts in the public and sub-public sectors expire on March 31.

Quebec offers 3% in the first year, 1.5% for the next four, for a total of 9% over five years.

Plus 2.5%, over five years, So that the government can meet its prioritiesA press release said.

Again, the government offers 11.5% over five yearsWe explain.

Sonia Lebel confirms that the offer will be based on expected inflation.

In addition, the government adds a lump sum of $1,000 in the first year, according to which it brings the contribution to public and sub-public sector employees to 13% over five years.

The CAQ, the common front among public sector unions, criticizes the government for “not heeding or understanding” their demands.

Photo: Radio-Canada / Sylvain Roy Roussel

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But as soon as they were submitted, the offers were rejected by spokespeople for the General Front, which unites CSN, CSQ, FTQ and APTS.

The General Front among public sector unions is demanding pay rises of 2%, 3% and 4% over three years above inflation.

We’re not mad, but we’re not very happyDaniel Boyer, president of the Quebec Workers’ Confederation (FTQ), announced from the start.

Union leaders protest that in an inflationary environment, the government offers will not protect the purchasing power of civil servants. They cite the Institute of Statistics of Quebec (ISQ), according to which employees of the Quebec administration Earn almost 12% less than other workers.

Always stepISQ, this wage lag is less than 9% compared to the private sector, but it reaches almost 19% compared to other public sectors. However, when total compensation (pension plans, group insurance, leave and working hours) is compared, the gap narrows to nearly 4%.

Off Beautiful activities It was a dead letter

During these negotiations, Minister Lebel will conduct inter- and intra-union discussions. All concerned with government priorities Together, we can find solutions and identify how to implement them.

Because Beautiful activities The president of the Treasury Board said that what the state and union members had included in previous labor agreements had not materialized on the ground.

The major government investments we have made, esp […] In health and education, the ground did not produce the expected resultsshe lamented.

” The population, the students, the patients are still waiting for definitive results, and I think it’s time to seriously question what doesn’t work and why. »

Ms. Lebel is an example In spite of everything, nurses who are still talking about the same issues in the field have received extraordinary amounts of money.

Both unions and we say it’s not about money, Minister Dube appeals for his part, only about thirty health institutions out of a total of 1500 health institutions have implemented the scale of local organization of nurses’ schedules. Those who did also saw Mandatory Overtime (TSO) melts like ice in the sunhe said.

Disciplinary Actions and “Pinot Butter Toast”

FTQ’s Daniel Boyer agrees with Minister Lebel It is not just a salary. But there are similar salaries, he continues, and what we’re being offered is that workers in our big networks are impoverished.

National Unions (CSN) Vice President Daniel Enault, Managers Spend less time disciplinary actions for “pinot butter” toasts and make tables with us. If managers don’t make the time, it’s better to say it didn’t happen..

Union leaders added that the pandemic has proved that the directives are not reaching the floor.