2023-09-05 21:10:13
The pressure tactics are getting tougher at the FIQ, which plans to “disrupt traffic” on Wednesday in downtown Montreal, at the end of the followingnoon rush hour.
Approximately 500 nurses, nursing assistants and other healthcare professionals are to take part in this demonstration, with the aim of increasing pressure in the context of negotiations for the renewal of collective agreements.
These expired on March 31.
The members of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ), which represents 80,000 nurses, nursing assistants, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists, have so far held on to lighter pressure tactics.
On Tuesday, for example, nurses wore a black T-shirt as their “uniform top” with the FIQ negotiation slogan: “there are limits”. On the back, we might read “salary-personal life-workload there are limits”.
Wednesday, they must meet at 3:15 p.m. at the Montmorency metro in Laval, before coming to downtown Montreal for the late followingnoon rush hour. About 500 of them are expected and they promise to “disrupt traffic” and “distribute leaflets” in connection with their negotiation.
The FIQ filed its demands in Quebec last November. In addition to compensation, his demands mainly concern workload and work-life balance.
In August, during a summit meeting, the President of the Treasury Board, Sonia LeBel, and the President of the FIQ, Julie Bouchard, both said they were ready to speed up the pace of negotiations.
The FIQ recently received its mediation report and it concluded that the parties were too far apart to reach an agreement or recommendations in this regard.
The Administrative Labor Tribunal has already approved the lists of essential services that should be provided in the event of a strike. This does not mean that the members of the FIQ will necessarily go on strike, but they are preparing for it, just in case.
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