Ms. LeBel, who is also Minister of Government Administration, is helping negotiate collective agreements for about 600,000 government employees that expire on March 31.
The minister is looking for a winning combination in the government’s priority sectors, namely education and health. We have a teacher shortage that we cannot solve tomorrow morning
she said on Sunday during her visit to Everyone talks about it.
” If I want solutions for the next school year in September, I have no time to lose to start looking for solutions. »
She suggests reorganizing the work of the educators so that they can also support the teachers in the classroom.
This proposal is already being piloted in 100 Quebec schools and is receiving a good echo
. Eventually, the measure is to be implemented on a larger scale.
Ms. LeBel also wants to find solutions to improve working conditions in hospitals. Sommer, nurses have a very difficult time in the healthcare system
She said.
In the employer’s latest offer, the government says it has agreed to two demands from the unions, namely the abolition of mandatory overtime and the avoidance of the use of recruitment agencies as much as possible.
In return, the government asks them to guarantee availability during hard-to-fill quarters
e.g. B. at night or on public holidays.
discussion forums
Minister LeBel denies trying to circumvent the negotiation process with the public sector by setting up “discussion forums”.
She had invited unions to these forums speed up negotiations
.
The idea of negotiating parallel to the usual tables had displeased the union representatives, who refused to go there.
The Treasury Board President wanted to clear up some gray areas around the forums on set Everyone talks about it.
” Forums are places of negotiation. We are still sitting with the government, the Treasury Secretary, the Health Secretary and the Education Secretary. It’s not outside of the negotiations, it’s part of it. »
Negotiations in the public sector are held at around 250 tables, says the minister. In the health and education sectors alone, 40 tables bring together trade union representatives and the employers’ party.We will land in the same place. There’s going to be a one-size-fits-all solution, so I’ll say why we can’t sit together
she explained.
Nevertheless, the minister was confident that an agreement could be reached before the collective agreements expired. While we argue about the structure, there are Quebecers waiting for services
she asks.
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