Press release
Information negotiation – Intersectoral matter

It was this Monday that the general assemblies concerning votes on the agreements in principle of the central and sectoral tables for all unions affiliated with the FTQ ended. More than a hundred general meetings took place between January 15 and February 19, 2024.
If this has not already been done, each of the unions or their affiliated sectors will inform you in the coming days of the results of their respective sectoral table. The members of the FTQ affiliates ratified by 64.6% the agreement in principle of the central table reached on December 28 between the Common Front and the government of Quebec. The final result for the Common Front will be revealed this Friday at a press conference.
The message from the members affiliated with the FTQ is clear, there remains dissatisfaction and there is still a lot of work to do to improve our working conditions and public services.
Although this is the largest salary increase in more than 50 years, our members reminded us that the inflation experienced in recent years is also unprecedented.
The Quebec government has therefore not given anyone a gift.
This negotiation was also a reminder that nothing can be taken for granted. Once again, the government tried to attack RREGOP, but the incredible mobilization of our members made it possible to maintain our pension plan as is while improving progressive re tirement.
The voting period on the agreement in principle was not yet over when the Prime Minister of Quebec, François Legault, already described his offers as a major expense at a press conference. He clearly linked the budget deficit to investments in public serv ices. As a long as the government will see investments in public services as an unjustified expense, our public services will remain vulnerable.
Each negotiation will be a struggle to ensure that quality public services are maintained for the population of Quebec.
In closing, the FTQ negotiating committee would like to thank all the members as well as the population for their support and their great mobilization which allowed well as the population for their support and their great mobilization which allowed us to force the government to improve its initial offer to include a CPI clause and us to force the government to improve its initial offer to include a CPI clause and to put to put a brake on attacks on our achievements. a brake on attacks on our achievements.

Translation by the SEU800