Speakers from the Confederation of National Unions (CSN), the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), the Alliance of Professional and Technical Personnel in Health and Social Services (APTS) and the Federation of Workers and Workers of Quebec (FTQ) say goodbye Gatineau on Tuesday.

There CSNThere CSQL’APTS and that FTQ united to negotiate with one voice on the renewal of collective agreements in the public and semi-public sectors.

The first vice president of the CSNFrançois Enault, the president of theAPTS At the Outaouais Integrated Health and Social Services Center (CISSS), Guylaine Laroche and Outaouais School Support Union (FPSS-CSQ) President Kim Lafleur Lauriault introduced themselves in front of the Outaouais Hospital. Gatineau to remember the urgency to advance negotiations on public sector workersstates the Common Front in a press release.

In Outaouais, the Common Front calls in particular for the acute problems of recruitment and retention to be taken into account.

Mandate for an indefinite general strike

Unions and the Quebec government cannot find common ground after months of discussions.

Leaders of the all-union Public Sector Common Front, which is negotiating on behalf of 420,000 workers, therefore decided to meet with its members across the province to obtain a mandate for an indefinite general strike. General meetings and votes must take place by October 13th.

The mandate that the Common Front wants to propose to its members includes some measures before the deployment of a general strike. Strike days or individual or collective strike sequences are also part of the arsenal offered to union members. However, the Common Front rules out strikes that would only affect one sector at a time.

The Legault government is running out of time. If it wants to become an employer of choice, it needs to walk its talk. The workers are fed up with setbacks and impoverishment. The crisis in our public networks requires a serious step forward to improve workers’ wages and working conditions. If the government continues to act hesitantly, it will have a colorful autumn aheadlaunched François Enault, first vice-president of the CSNGuylaine Laroche, President of theAPTS At CISSS by Outaouais and Kim Lafleur Lauriault, president of the Outaouais School Support Union (FPSS-CSQ), in a press release.