“Yes to Health Care Reform, But Not at Any Cost!” Magali Picard, President of the QFL The Quebec Federation of Labour (QFL) will take the time to thoroughly review Bill 15, An Act to Make the Health and Social Services System More Effective, tabled today by the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government. The federation wishes […]
Analysis of Bill No. 10 on the use of private agencies in health and social services Quebec, March 15, 2023 — The Quebec Federation of Labour (QFL), along with its affiliated health-sector unions, CPAS-SCFP and SQEES-298, denounces the waste of public funds which, rather than enriching private agencies in the health and social services sectors, […]
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 […]
The Quebec Federation of Labour (QFL) welcomes the federal economic update, which highlights the government’s efforts to help workers in eastern Quebec by extending unemployment benefits by up to four additional weeks for those working in seasonal industries. “While we must recognize that the measure announced is positive, we expect a complete and full settlement […]
The Union of Service Employees, Local 800 (SEU 800), is calling on the government to recognize housekeeping attendants as frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19 and to prioritize them in access to vaccination once it becomes available. “Our members put their health at risk by disinfecting and decontaminating all kinds of surfaces across Quebec. […]
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the Union of Service Employees, Local 800, representing more than 10,000 cleaning staff, has been calling for a bonus for these frontline workers. “We first approached employer associations and received the response that employers would not be able to pass on this additional cost to their clients,” the […]
