(Montreal) After speaking of “advances made in recent hours” Monday evening, the FAE calmed the heat on Tuesday, justifying its declaration by the fact that the government “finally seems to want to also talk about union demands, not just employer requests.
“It is not because we are talking that we are on the verge of settling,” insisted the vice-president of the Autonomous Federation of Education, Patrick Bydal, on Tuesday, during a press briefing at the departure of a demonstration of its members in Montreal.
The 66,000 primary and secondary teachers who are members of the FAE have been on indefinite strike since November 23.
The parties are therefore still far from an agreement.
The change observed “is that finally the government seems to want to talk at the negotiating table not only about its demands, but also the demands of teachers.”
Mr. Bydal did not want to give details on the content of these sectoral negotiations. “There are discussions about all the priorities. »
Monday morning, the FAE revealed that it had made a concession, which it described as very important, regarding the assignment of as many teachers as possible to classes in June rather than at the start of the school year in August. But she deplored that the government had told her that it had to make other compromises.