On March 19, a proposed tentative agreement was reached between the FIQ and the Québec government to renew the collective agreement which will determine your working and salary conditions for the coming years. This proposed agreement must first be submitted to your...
The strike at a glance
December 11, 12, 13 and 14
Third series of strike days to turn up the pressure on the François Legault government, as it continues to make insulting offers to healthcare professionals.
November 23 and 24
A second sequence of strike days for the 80,000 healthcare professionals represented by the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec-FIQ.
November 8 and 9
At midnight, in the night from November 7 to 8, 80,000 nurses, licensed practical nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists held their first strike in nearly 25 years. This strike sequence ended at midnight in the night from November 9 to 10.
October 24 and 25
At the end of a referendum vote, 80,000 nurses, licensed practical nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists voted at 95 % in favour of a strike, ranging from a one-day strike up to an unlimited general strike.
October 10 and 11
At the special federal council, the delegation decided to hold an electronic referendum vote on October 24 and 25.
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Proposed tentative agreement between the FIQ and the government
The FIQ demands of Christian Dubé that the healthcare professionals’ expertise be recognized in negotiations
Today, the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec—FIQ held a mobilization action in front of the office of the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, in downtown Montréal. This morning’s action represents the culmination of an operation over the last four...
Time for change now at the bargaining table!
After more than a year of negotiations, it’s understandable that you’re anxious to finally reach a satisfactory agreement. Your Negotiating Committee is more determined than ever to obtain better salaries, a better workload for you and better...
The government is forcing a very dubious choice: salaries or patients
The Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec–FIQ is disgusted by the government’s recent proposals. It appears to associate salary increases with a reduction in public care quality. Healthcare professionals will never accept this vision of things. “The...
An update on the negotiations
Like many of your colleagues, you are surely asking what has been happening in negotiations over the last few weeks. We all know that the latest news is not what we want to hear: talks are moving slowly, and although we would all like them to move more quickly in...
The FIQ is still in negotiations
First, your Negotiating Committee would like to wish you all the best in the New Year. Barely underway, it’s already shaping up to be a busy winter. Gathered at a special federal council on January 16 and 17, 2024, your union representatives got up to speed on...
Negotiations are at an impasse
After a third series of strike days and a few days before the holidays, your Negotiating Committee felt it was necessary to hold a special federal council to update your union representatives on how negotiations have been going. After the two first series of strike...
The FIQ requests a conciliator
Faced with stalled progress, the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec-FIQ is asking the Ministry of Labour to appoint a conciliator in the negotiations with the government. “After over 75 negotiation meetings and more than a year at the bargaining...
Government found guilty again of bad-faith bargaining and interference in union activities
In a caustic decision handed down yesterday, the Administrative Labour Tribunal (TAT) has put the government, health and social services Minister Christian Dubé and his negotiators in their place by finding them guilty of bad-faith bargaining and interference in union...
Third sequence of FIQ strike days : it is high time that the government shift into 4th gear at the bargaining table
Today, the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec–FIQ is starting its third series of strike days to turn up the pressure on the François Legault government, as it continues to make insulting offers to healthcare professionals. The 80,000 healthcare...
Negotiations update
At the Federal Council on December 5 and 6, 2023, delegates heard the Negotiating Committee’s progress report. Since November 28, the date when the new series of strike days was announced, work has intensified at the table. The parties are now negotiating every day...
The FIQ delegation rejects the new salary offer by 99%and will go ahead with the strike next week
Gathered at the Federal Council, the delegation of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec–FIQ rejected the government’s new salary offer by 99%. The offer was for 12.7% over 5 years, from 2023 to 2028. “The government is finally moving in this...
There’s movement at the bargaining table : let’s keep up the pressure!
The strike days on November 23 and 24 left no one indifferent. The first day, along with the FAE and Common Front, nearly 600,000 Quebec public sector employees were on strike. This strong demonstration also resonated with the population since 7 out of 10 Quebecers...
80,000 healthcare professionals turn up the heat faced with a government that won’t listen
Today, the second sequence of strike days starts for the 80,000 healthcare professionals represented by the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec-FIQ. If nurses, licensed practical nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists are back on...
The FIQ on strike: the government hasn’t seen anything yet!
The first two days of the strike, held on November 8 and 9, caused quite a stir, to say the least. It seems clear to us that the government has grossly underestimated the anger of healthcare professionals, as well as the support they are garnering in public opinion....
Hundreds of uniforms left in front of Sonia LeBel’s office
As a reminder of their anger at the government, healthcare professionals left hundreds of uniforms in front of the Treasury Board’s offices. They also put up signs that say: LeBel, stop pleading, come negotiate! “Minister LeBel seems to think that everyone has the...
More strike days to come
At the end of the two first strike days in nearly 25 years, healthcare professionals are warning the government: it’s only the beginning! There will be other strike days on November 23 and 24 unless the employer party makes new substantial offers. This...
The last employer offers unanimously rejected : The healthcare professionals are furious!
Meeting in a special federal council, your union representatives learned about the most recent offers submitted by the employer party. These offers, that the delegation unanimously rejected, included nothing to promote bringing the parties closer together. Quite the...
Fourth government offer : the FIQ delegates reject the government’s offers
Meeting in aSpecial Federal Council, the delegates of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec–FIQ unanimously rejected the government’s offers made on October 29, 2023. The government’s proposal completely ignores the problems repeatedly...
Demonstration in front of ChristianDubé’s office: the governmentrefuses to listen to reason
Hundreds of healthcare professionals are currently in front of the riding office of the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, to show their frustration with his silence on the unreasonable offers being made at the bargaining table. “The Minister of Health has been so...
We are going on strike!
During the referendum vote on October 24 and 25, the vast majority of you voted in favour of a strike (95%.). We would like to thank all of the members who participated in this democratic exercise. This result gives your Negotiating Committee a strong mandate to tell...
Vote by the 80,000 members of the FIQ : Healthcare professionals will begin a strike on November 8 and 9
At the end of a referendum vote, 80,000 nurses, licensed practical nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists voted at 95 % in favour of a strike, ranging from a one-day strike up to an unlimited general strike. Healthcare professionals will begin...
A referendum vote on October 24 and 25, 2023 on a strike
Meeting in a Special Federal Council on October 10 and 11, 2023, the union representatives have reached another important milestone in the ongoing negotiations. The Negotiating Committee presented the FIQ’s prioritized demands, which were submitted to the employer...
The FIQ will submit its prioritized demands tomorrow
At the end of a necessary and normal exercise in the context of negotiations, the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec-FIQ will, as it announced several weeks ago, be submitting a list of adjusted demands to the representatives of the employer party...
Overview of the Special Federal Council on October 2 and 3, 2023
Meeting in a special federal council on October 2 and 3, the union representatives learned about the latest news from the bargaining table. Just as the parties were reaching a turning point in the negotiations, the employer pulled a rabbit out of its hat: a complete...
The government wants to treat healthcare professionals as interchangeable pawns
About5 pm,several hundred nurses, licensed practical nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists demonstrated in front of and around the National Assembly to protest against the paltry offers from François Legault’s government at the bargaining...
GA on a strike vote in October : the employer party must seriously review its offers
Since the last Info-Négo, your Negotiating Committee as spent several days a week at the bargaining table with the employer representatives. It has continued to hammer home that the healthcare professionals’ demands are the right solutions to resolve the health...
Negotiations: overview of the Special Federal Council on September 6 and 7, 2023
The FIQ affiliated union delegates kicked off the fall season with a bang! In addition to the unveiling of the new uniform in the collective negotiation colours and the banners rolled out on bridges and from overpasses across Quebec, they met for two days in Laval for...
Quebec’s healthcare professionals signal an increase in their pressure tactics with clear demands
This afternoon, nearly 500 nurses, licensed practical nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists demonstrated downtown Montreal to signal they are turning up the pressure tactics and are exasperated by the government. They are fighting for real progress...
On Tuesdays we mobilize!
Starting in September, your Negotiating Committee will need you to proudly wear our demands in your institution. If you haven’t already, hurry to see your local union team! Your representatives will give you a uniform top that you can proudly wear every Tuesday...
NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
As you must have heard, Julie Bouchard, FIQ President, accompanied by Jérôme Rousseau and Françoise Ramel, FIQ Executive Committee members, participated in a meeting with Premier François Legault and Conseil du trésor Chair Sonia LeBel. The goal of the meeting was to...
Units left behind, as offers come up short
We will continue to step up mobilization actions, like the ones you’ve taken part in over the past few weeks, until we reach a negotiated agreement that significantly improves working conditions for all the healthcare professionals we represent. Action of July...
Healthcare professionals are one step closer to exercising their right to strike
The Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec–FIQ took an important step toward obtaining the right to strike. The FIQ is the first labour organization to obtain the green light from the Administrative Labour Tribunal (TAT) for all of its demands under the...
When is the strike?
Last week was the “Show your colours” week in support of your negotiations! The stencils and tattoos helped to show the colours of your negotiations in institutions throughout Quebec. You also had the option to send an automated email to your CEO to remind them of...
Negotiations: a look back at the Special Federal Council on June 13 and 14, 2023
The Federal Council on June 13 and 14 was an opportunity for the Negotiating Committee to update the delegation on what happened at the bargaining table over the last weeks. The delegation heard about the many subjects covered, as well as how the negotiations were...
Healthcare professionals send the government a message: it will need to offer a lot more if it wants to reach a tentative agreement with them
Gathered at the Special Federal Council to get up to speed on negotiations, hundreds of delegates with the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec – FIQ took to the street to send a clear message to the Quebec government. “If the Quebec government wants...
End of the consultation on the employer offers: Members are united, determined and mobilized to defend their rights!
The consultation on the employer offers wrapped up on May 28 and we would like to extend our deep thanks to the 37,294 healthcare professionals who participated. While some might think this participation rate is insufficient, the Negotiating Committee sees it...
The FIQ is requesting mediation to advance negotiations
Given the meagre progress at the bargaining table and the need to quickly give healthcare professionals better working and salary conditions, the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec–FIQ is asking the Quebec government for mediation. “We submitted the...
Get informed, prepared and mobilized!
In our fight for better working conditions, it is extremely important to maintain solid bargaining power. Faced with the Legault government, which has done everything it can to overstep the Negotiating Committee duly appointed by the FIQ members’ representatives, we...
News from the bargaining table
At the last negotiation meetings (March 27, March 30 and April 6), the employer party specified and clarified some of its offers. So we have a slightly clearer picture of where the employer wants to go, although there are still issues that we will bring to them in...
Bill 15: we’ve done this song and dance before
Last week, we announced that a negotiation meeting was scheduled for Monday, April 3. The employer cancelled this meeting and rescheduled it on April 6. We are still trying to understand what the reasons are behind the rescheduling since Minister Dubé and Minister...
End of the collective agreement : The nurses, licensed practical nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists are demanding that their negotiations speed up
More than a hundred healthcare professionals from the Greater Montréal area gathered in Montréal to mark the end of their collective agreement and support their Negotiating Committee which is struggling to get dates to negotiate with the government. “The collective...
Negotiation update: a lot of noise…but nothing concrete for healthcare professionals
One could say that a lot is happening in the health and social services network this week, but is any of it helping to improve conditions for healthcare professionals? Not necessarily. Let’s take a minute to untangle all of this. Everything started last week...
March 31 – more than just a symbolic date
Although the collective agreement expires on March 31, 2023, in reality, the working conditions will continue to apply until a new work contract goes into effect – an agreement that all the members will vote on. But, March 31 is anything but a symbolic date. The...
Contrary to what the government is saying, the FIQ has been at the bargaining table since January 27!
here were two meetings at the bargaining table, one on January 27 and one on February 9, mainly to agree on a meeting schedule. The FIQ proposed 28 meeting dates in February and March. The employer party only agreed to four: February 9, February 24, March 9 and March...
Negotiations – The message for Mr. Dubé, Mr. Legault and Ms. Lebel: “There’s a limit!”
The Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec–FIQ and the 80,000 healthcare professionals it represents are speaking with one voice to send a clear message to Mr. Dubé, Mr. Legault and Ms. Lebel regarding the current negotiations: “There’s a limit!”...
Negotiations : The FIQ and FIQP delegates reject the government’s offers
At a special provincial council – negotiations, the delegates of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec – FIQ and the FIQ | Secteur privé rejected the offers the government submitted on December 15. The government’s proposal is...
The FIQ files its demands with the Treasury Board
The Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec–FIQ filed its union demands with the Treasury Board this morning. The collective agreement for its 76,000 members will expire on March 31, 2023. Filing of FIQ Demands 2022-2023November 7, 2022 Download |...