(Montreal) The Quebec Interprofessional Health Federation (FIQ) will not be able to reach an agreement with the provincial government by the end of the year. The union announced Friday that it “does not intend to hold” strike days until January 15 and that until that date, no comments would be made on the negotiations in the media.
The conciliator at the negotiating table asks the union and the management side not to discuss current negotiations in the media. The FIQ said it accepted the conciliator’s proposal.
Remember that due to the slow progress in the discussions, the FIQ asked the Ministry of Labor on December 19 to appoint a conciliator in the negotiation with the government on the renewal of collective agreements.
“In order to promote the pursuit of a constructive and productive dialogue, the conciliator recommends that the parties limit comments in the public arena as much as possible until January 15,” indicates the FIQ, which represents 80,000 nurses and practical nurses. and other health professionals.
“Thus, all energies will be put into the negotiations which will continue intensively and (the media truce will) prevent them from being disrupted by inappropriate declarations,” adds the union in its press release.
In a statement on its website, the FIQ indicated Friday that there are still gaps at the negotiating table in order to arrive at a settlement proposal.
The Quebec Interprofessional Health Federation remained on Friday the only Quebec public sector union not to have announced a possible settlement or an agreement in principle with the government.
On Thursday, the FIQ indicated on its Facebook page that it had made a new proposal to the employer party and was “waiting for a response from them”.
The inter-union common front and the Autonomous Education Federation (FAE) have reached agreements with Quebec in recent days.
The FAE confirmed Thursday that it had reached an agreement in principle with the government, which put an end to all its pressure tactics, including the indefinite strike that was called on November 23.
The common front, which includes the CSN, the CSQ, the APTS and the FTQ and represents approximately 420,000 public sector workers, also announced a proposal for an agreement in principle with Quebec at the central table, where the provisions are negotiated salaries.