The unions representing psychologists in the public sector are asking to meet the Ministers of Health, Education and the Treasury Board, faced with the “critical situation of the lack of psychologists”, in connection, according to them, with their remuneration.
The health, social services, education and college networks are struggling to retain and attract psychologists, given their working conditions, say these union organizations. Many psychologists prefer to work in the private sector, where they are better paid.
The eight labor organizations concerned point out that pay equity complaints dating from 2015, affecting these public sector psychologists, have still not been settled.
They had requested the establishment of a forum to settle these complaints, but claim to have recently been refused.
The APTS (Alliance of professional and technical personnel in health and social services), the SPGQ (Union of government professionals), two entities of CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees, affiliated with the FTQ), two affiliated federations to the CSN and two federations affiliated with the CSQ are therefore calling for a meeting with the ministers concerned to discuss the file.
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