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QFL reaction to economic update

Montréal, November 7th, 2023. – The Quebec Federation of labour (QFL) is dismayed to see that the Legault government is staying the course on budgetary restraint, with a spending increase of 2.3% per year, even though it has a significant leeway of $10 billion, as estimated by the Parliamentary Budget Officer last July. “The signal […]
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Common Front on Strike on November, 6th 2023

On November 6, 420,000 Common Front workers will be on strike for the first time. They will be in front of schools, CEGEP, hospitals and CIUSSSS to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the government’s lack of seriousness in negotiations. The SEU 800, is part of the Common Front and represents over 1300 members working in various […]
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Public-sector contract talks -Government makes an insulting offer – again

Québec City, October 29, 2023 – “An extra 1.3% over 5 years – pathetic. It’s just a big fuss about nothing.” Front commun representatives were extremely disappointed, though not terribly surprised when they learned the contents of the offer tabled this morning by the Treasury Board. This offer is seen as an affront. Once again, […]
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The Common Front will be on strike on November 6

Montreal, October 26, 2023. – On November 6, the 420,000 workers represented by the Common Front will conduct a first one-day strike sequence. In education, health and social services as well as higher education, throughout Quebec and with one voice, they will send a first warning shot to force the government to make a substantial […]
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Public-sector contract talks – Survey shows public opinion is favourable to workers’ public-sector contract talks

Montréal, September 18, 2023 – A survey on Quebecers’ perception of public-sector contract talks shows that Quebecers generally support the objectives of public-sector employees. The findings, released by the Front Commun, come from a survey carried out by SOM. The survey shows that a significant majority of Quebecers (87%) believe that the government must improve […]
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PUBLIC SECTOR CONTRACT TALKS – Front commun looks ahead to unlimited general strike

Montréal, September 11, 2023 – Faced with a government that is still completely unreceptive after almost a year of contract talks, all of the unions making up the Front commun have decided to seek a mandate for strike action, including an unlimited general strike. To obtain this mandate, the unions will be holding multiple general […]
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Public-sector bargaining talks: an update as summer begins

Front Commun press conference morning to take stock of public-sector contract talks as summer begins. “Unions have brought solutions to the bargaining table – despite what the Treasury Board president has implied – and we expect those solutions to be part of the discussion,” said first CSN vice-president François Enault, CSQ president Éric Gingras, APTS […]