The Common Front pickets, which led to the closure of schools and the disruption of several social services Monday morning, threaten to be repeated for several days at the end of the month if no agreement is reached by then .
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Monday morning, the Common Front strike, punctuated by picket lines, led to the closure of schools and daycare services, as well as a disruption of schedules in certain health and social services units throughout Quebec.
Schools in Greater Montreal will be closed in the morning, while classes, school transportation and daycare will not resume until the afternoon. Some schools in the School Service Center have planned to resume classes at 11 a.m.
The same story presents itself in the Quebec region where classes will resume after dinner time around 11 a.m., just like the strike in CEGEPs, which will end at noon.
The health sector is also affected by the walkout of the Common Front unions, but the impact will be less due to the law on essential services, thus sparing emergencies and intensive care.
Certain units could see their schedules disrupted depending on the decision of the Administrative Labor Court which was contacted for this purpose, which could allow union members to observe up to four hours of strike.
In a press release published Monday morning, the Common Front announced that unless an agreement is reached, its members will be on strike again on November 21, 22 and 23.
“The objective is to arrive at a settlement which will be win-win […]. No one wants another sequence of strikes, but we will be ready if necessary,” launched the spokespersons for the Common Front, François Enault, first vice-president of the CSN, Éric Gingras, president of the CSQ, Magali Picard, president of the FTQ and Robert Comeau, president of the APTS.
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The Interprofessional Health Federation of Quebec (FIQ) will follow in the footsteps of the Common Front with a two-day strike Wednesday and Thursday, while the 65,000 members of the Autonomous Education Federation (FAE) will be on indefinite strike at from November 23.