The unions must collaborate to solve the problems of the health network, pleaded François Legault during a meeting of the Council of the federation.
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In a message posted on social networks Tuesday morning, the Prime Minister said he had spoken with the president of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ), Julie Bouchard.
“I addressed the urgency of having more flexibility and flexibility in collective agreements,” he said. “We need more full-time nurses, weekends, nights, in our regions. If we want to change the health network, we need the collaboration of the unions.
In June, the FIQ said it expected a “hot fall” unless the Legault government changed course in its negotiations with the nurses.
At the end of the parliamentary session, the Prime Minister had also warned that “the fall may be hot”.
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Remember that the government is offering all government employees a salary increase of 9% over five years, in addition to a lump sum of $1,000 and an amount equivalent to 2.5% for “government priorities “.
The FIQ is of the opinion that the government offer will have to be revised “largely upwards”.
The meeting between Mr. Legault and Mr.me Bouchard took place as part of the Council of the Federation meeting, which is being held in Winnipeg until Wednesday.
François Legault had already indicated that he intended to talk about health with his counterparts from other provinces.
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On Monday, he also stressed that he intended to put forward the issue of the green economy during the discussions.
“It is important that we agree well with the federal government on the incentives to attract companies in the battery sector, green aluminum, green steel, electric buses, all areas around the green economy,” he said in a press scrum on Monday.