(Montreal) A change in tone, even an attitude of openness is taking shape between the Legault government and the central unions, according to the latter.
Posted at 10:34 a.m.
The presidents of the four central trade unions, the CSQ, the CSN, the CSD and the FTQ, resumed, on Friday, their traditional meeting with Prime Minister François Legault and the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity, Jean Boulet, on the occasion of the 1er May, Labor Day.
And, at the end of this meeting, the president of the FTQ, Daniel Boyer, said he noticed an openness of Prime Minister Legault to “social dialogue” that he had not perceived so much before.
According to him, the Prime Minister would have himself addressed in front of the four the fact that he should have spoken more to the unions to establish this social dialogue and avoid tensions.
The president of the CSQ, Éric Gingras, also underlined the openness of Premier Legault to hold this “social dialogue” by involving the unions, since they have solutions to bring to the problems raised, such as the scarcity labor in health and education.
The two union leaders say they remain cautious all the same, given the approach of the electoral campaign. They note that they will assess the real will of the Legault government in the decisions it will take and the actions it will take.