(Montreal) The union which represents 83 CPE facilities in the Montreal and Laval region assures that it has still not made a decision on a strike, while the employers’ association maintains that the union has reacted to its last counter-proposal “by asking for an indefinite strike mandate”.
Posted at 11:07 a.m.
In fact, it was not until Wednesday evening that this union of CPE workers in the Montreal and Laval region, attached to the Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux, affiliated with the CSN, will consult its members about a strike mandate.
Nor is it certain that it will be an indefinite general strike. It could be a bank of strike days to be held when deemed appropriate. It will be up to the members to decide, reiterated Nathalie Fontaine, the union’s vice-president of negotiations, on Monday.
However, she admits that negotiations with the National Employers’ Association of Early Childhood Centers in Montreal and Laval are “at an impasse”.
The employers’ association, for its part, claims not to understand the union’s attitude. She claims to have “accepted the entire union proposal”, in particular that of integrating the national agreement concluded last winter.
The employers’ association, on the other hand, admits having three requests concerning regional clauses — and this is what poses a problem with the union.