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QFL reaction to the 50¢ minimum wage increase

The government is making a mockery of the poor Montréal, January 31, 2024. – The Quebec Federation of Labor (QFL) simply can’t believe the CAQ government’s decision to announce a 50¢ increase in the minimum wage to $15.75 an hour at a time when food banks are completely overwhelmed by requests for assistance.   “This government […]
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Common Front reaction to the government’s offers 

Impoverishing public service workers is the worst solution Quebec City, December 15, 2022 – “Public services are facing an unprecedented labour crisis, to which is added historical inflation. What is the government doing? It is offering to impoverish the women, for the most part, and the men who carry on their shoulders the entire weight […]
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Government of Canada improves sickness benefits under the Employment Insurance system

On November 25, the Government of Canada announced a permanent extension of Employment Insurance sickness benefits from 15 to 26 weeks starting December 18, 2022. This means that people who qualify and reapply on or after December 18, 2022, will be able to receive up to 26 weeks of Employment Insurance sickness benefits if they […]
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PRESS RELEASE – COMMON FRONT

Reaction of the Common Front to the ISQ report on the remuneration of employees in the Québec administration The gap persists and catching up is necessary Montreal, November 30, 2022. – Once again this year and at the dawn of negotiations in the public sector, the Institut de la statistique du Québec (ISQ) has made […]
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Government of Canada improves sickness benefits under the Employment Insurance system

On November 25, the Government of Canada announced a permanent extension of Employment Insurance sickness benefits from 15 to 26 weeks starting December 18, 2022. This means that people who qualify and reapply on or after December 18, 2022, will be able to receive up to 26 weeks of Employment Insurance sickness benefits if they […]
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THE COMMON FRONT

Release Public sector negotiations “TOGETHER, as one” | The Common Front submits its demands Quebec City, October 28th, 2022. – The Common Front presented its demands to the Treasury Board today as part of the round of negotiations for the renewal of collective agreements in the public sector which is beginning. “Our message to the […]