It is the turn of 25,000 professionals from the Quebec government to give themselves a strike mandate to be called at the appropriate time.
This time it concerns 25,000 members of the Union of Government Professionals of Quebec (SPGQ), an independent union which is not part of the Common Front. Its members work in different government ministries and agencies.
In fact, after consulting members, the majority voted in favor of two distinct types of strike mandates: a lighter one, advocating evening, weekend and public holiday strikes, and a more robust one, from a strike that can be counted in minutes, hours or days up to an unlimited strike.
In an interview on Monday, Guillaume Bouvrette, president of the SPGQ, explained that it is a body of the union, made up of representatives of its 33 sections, which will decide on the form that a walkout could take, if necessary.
In addition to the salary issue, that of teleworking is a priority in this SPGQ negotiation, since its members work in the public service.
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