They wanted to denounce the schedules imposed on the ER during the Easter holidays. Some nurses were forced to work mandatory overtime because the union said the schedule was insufficient to cover nursing services for the Easter holidays.
The President of the Union of Care Professionals of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Julie Boivin, speaks about a pressure tactic of last resort.
They used to do sit-ins too. It’s as if in the Chicoutimi emergency room they could find the only way to hear them, but you really have to find a way so that we don’t get there, because one day we will go to the administration labor court, then sanctions could for our Members come, for us and so on. It really is a cry from the heart. But why don’t we listen to them before they make it?
asked the regional representative of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ) during an interview with the program Public place.
A meeting was held with the employer on Tuesday afternoon to try to find a longer-term solution. Nursing assistants will pitch in, according to Julie Boivin, and there will also be a job posting.
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