The gap is still wide between the Legault government and the Federation of Education Unions (FSE-CSQ), which believes that the new offer proposed by Quebec is still very far from meeting the expectations of teachers.
“It is far, far, far from living up to your expectations, and the expectations of your representatives,” said the president of the Federation of Education Unions (FSE-CSQ) in a video broadcast Wednesday morning. , Josée Scalabrini. We remain looking for an agreement that would significantly change your daily life.”
Quebec made an “exploratory deposit” on Tuesday, she adds, because “they would like the negotiation not to take place in the media”. “I feel like telling you that we will live up to whatever the Prime Minister and the President of the Treasury Board decide to do. If they don’t come out in the media, we won’t come out in the media,” said Josée Scalabrini.
The Common Front, which includes the CSQ, will walk out for seven consecutive days starting Friday if there is no agreement by then. Its representatives were met on Wednesday morning, the president of the Treasury Board, Sonia Lebel, said in a press scrum. “We will have made progress on all fronts, not to make a pun,” she said.
The Autonomous Federation of Education (FAE), whose members have been on an indefinite general strike since November 23, is for its part meeting to discuss the offer submitted Monday evening.
Prime Minister François Legault also showed himself open on Wednesday to looking into the salary scales of teachers. “It’s on the table,” he simply told journalists. There are several proposals.”
Further details will follow.