(Montreal) The Administrative Labour Tribunal will hold a hearing, as part of the FIQ’s request to its members to refuse to work overtime starting September 19.
The case before the Court was opened following a request to this effect from the Council for the Protection of Patients, which said it was concerned about the possible repercussions on patients of this pressure tactic by members of the Interprofessional Health Federation.
In his request, of which The Canadian Press obtained a copy, the president of the Council, Paul Brunet, states that “if the FIQ obviously has the right to exercise the various legal means provided to make the employer listen to reason, these means must not be practiced illegally, at the expense of patients and even less by violating the constitutional right to life and care enjoyed by users of the health network, in Quebec and in Canada.”
There will first be a conciliation session between the parties on September 11 in Quebec, then a hearing before the Administrative Labor Tribunal, if necessary.
It was as part of its long negotiations for the renewal of its collective agreement with Quebec that the FIQ announced, at the end of August, that it would ask its members to refuse to work overtime starting September 19.
Since then, conciliation has resumed between the Treasury Board and the FIQ, raising hope on both sides.