The CSN, the CSQ, the APTS and the FTQ, which form the common front of the public sector, have been meeting separately since 9 a.m. or 10 a.m. Tuesday, in order to take stock of the negotiation with Quebec and decide on the continuation of the mandate strike which they already have.
So far, the common front has held one day of strike, then three consecutive, then seven. It had already warned that the last sequence of seven days, from December 8 to 14, would be the last before the exercise of the indefinite strike .
However, it is unknown whether these union organizations, which together represent 420,000 workers in the education and health networks, will decide now on the date of launching this indefinite strike.
They made it known that everything will depend on the degree of progress in negotiations for the renewal of collective agreements, both at the intersectoral level – salaries, pension plan, regional disparities – and at the sectoral level – organization of working time, task burden, class composition, for example.
Moreover, the four bodies that are gathered discuss progress or lack of progress in sectoral and intersectoral negotiations all day long.