Talks between the Quebec government and public sector unions resumed Tuesday afternoon after a 24-hour break aimed at allowing everyone to enjoy Christmas. In particular, we will monitor the central table where salaries and pensions are negotiated.
In all sectoral tables of the General Front, compromises were found on the question of flexibility on education or health. The question is whether the salary hike will meet expectations
Former unionist Mark Ranger noted in an interview RDI.
He emphasizes that Nothing has won yet
And acceptance of most of these settlement hypotheses depends on agreement on the central table. The General Front wants wage increases to be sufficient to counter inflation, but to allow its members a certain saturation, while the government tries to respect its budget structure without humiliating the unions.
Two important trade union organizations, the Federation of Autonomous Education (FAE) and the Interprofessional Health Federation of Quebec (FIQ), have not yet hypothesized agreements in principle on the sectoral table of working conditions.
The same goes for educators affiliated with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), who have already agreed to resume negotiations on December 28.
Mark Ranger, former Quebec director of CUPE.
Photo: The Canadian Press/Jacques Bossinot
Mr. If the ranger is relatively confident FIQIn the presence of a conciliator, he believes the pressure is immense. FAE.
I don't know how to restart the indefinite general strike from January 8 or 9 with the agreement in principle reached by the other major organization (FSE-CSQ) representing 60% of the teachers.
We must expect a quick decision, otherwise it will be unacceptable, first of all FAE
he added.
By Christmas Eve, almost all of the Common Front's 420,000 members had reached tentative agreements in principle. However, these need to be approved by their respective bodies and then approved by their members before being finalized. It is:
Health :
- APTS (Alliance of Professional and Technical Workers in Health and Social Services) – 65,000 members
- FSSS-CSN (Confederation of Health and Social Services) – 120,000 members in the public sector
- FP-CSN (Confederation of Professionals) – 8000 members specializing in health and education
- FSQ-CSQ (Quebec Health Federation – 5000 members
- SQEES-298-FTQ (Quebec Union of Service Employees, Local 298) – 25,000 members
- It's not-Cube (Affiliated with Provincial Council of Social Affairs Cube And FTQ) – 30,000 members
Education :
- FPSES-CSQ (Confederation of Higher Education Support Staff) – 4,300 members
- FEC-CSQ (Association of College Education) – 3000 members
- FPPE-CSQ (Confederation of Education Professionals) – 10,000 members
- FPPC-CSQ (Confederation of Professional College Employees) – 2000 members
- ESF-CSQ (Confederation of Education Societies) – 95,000 members
- FPSS-CSQ (Association of School Auxiliary Staff) – 40,000 members
- FNEEQ-CSN (National Federation of Teachers of Quebec) – 35,000 members
- FEESP-CSN (Confederation of Public Service Employees) – 35,000 members
- SEPB-FTQ (Union of Professional and Clerical Employees) – 15,000 members
- UES-800-FTQ (Union of Service Employees) – 20,000 members
- CPC-Cube (Affiliated with Council of Colleges, Cube And FTQ) – 12,000 members
- CPSS-Cube (Canadian Union of Public Employees affiliated with CUPE and FTQ) – 7,500 members
But an agreement in principle at the negotiating table is not necessarily a guarantee that the conflict will end if union members ultimately vote against those agreements.
In more than a year, I've never seen so many deals in the public and private sectors where members of a legislature voted in principle to say, “No, we don't want this, it's not satisfactory, go back and do it.” Your homework.”
Mark Ranger noted on the show's microphone All in one morning On the airwaves of ICI Premier.
The former trade unionist cites the cases of the Sûreté du Québec, Bombardier, the SAQ, bus manufacturer Prevost, Loto-Québec, Siemens in Drummondville, the mining company IOC on the North Shore, or longshoremen in British Columbia.
Therefore, union leaders A Unbelievable pressure
In order to make no mistake about what they are going to get at the negotiating tables, he concluded.
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