Statistics Canada released the Consumer Price Index (CPI Quebec) for March 2026 today. The results confirm that the threshold for triggering the mechanism to protect our purchasing power, reintroduced in our collective agreements by the Common Front, has officially been reached. 2,71% This is the percentage growth of the average annual CPI from April 1, […]
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Here are a few activities, campaigns, important information and others for the last few weeks.
The adoption today of Bill 3 by the National Assembly — a historic setback for workers’ rights and a shameful legacy of the Legault government at the very end of its mandate — is being denounced in one voice by APTS, CSD, CSN, CSQ, FAE, FTQ, SFPQ and SPGQ. The adoption today of Bill 3 […]
The Quebec Federation of Labour (QFL) strongly condemns the introduction of Bill 27, which targets both the Act respecting collective agreement decrees and occupational health and safety in the construction sector. This troubling and dangerous initiative reflects an authoritarian government that shows deep contempt for workers. At a time when the CAQ is at its […]
More than 500 activists from Quebec’s nine major labour organizations — APTS, CSN, CSD, CSQ, FAE, FIQ, FTQ, SFPQ and SPGQ — are gathering today to take a decisive step in the Union générale du syndicalisme working together to develop solutions to current and future challenges. “This unprecedented collective initiative in the history of the […]
A lockout announced by the employer on its website will take effect overnight from March 30 to 31, 2026, resulting in the suspension of a bus route connecting Québec City, Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke. Although the bargaining unit involved includes only six drivers, the consequences of the lockout extend far beyond this small group of workers. […]
As rising oil prices and an ongoing trade war shake the Canadian economy, the Interprovincial Employment Insurance Alliance, made up of unions and community groups advocating for unemployed workers across Eastern Canada, is calling for a major reform of the employment insurance system and urgent measures to support those left behind, particularly workers in seasonal […]
THE COST OF LIVING IS RISING AND YOUR COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT TAKES IT INTO ACCOUNT. During the last negotiations, the Common Front secured an important provision: wage indexation to inflation (CPI). The objective is simple: to protect your purchasing power for 2026, 2027 and 2028. How it works On April 20, 2026, Statistics Canada will release […]
The Quebec Federation of Labour (QFL) expresses a predictable disappointment with the budget tabled today by the Minister of Finance. The labour federation deplores the lack of a structural vision to support workers in a context of economic turbulence.. “There is little in this budget that meets the expectations of workers. We anticipated this, considering […]
Alors que la fin de certains programmes d’accès à la résidence permanente, comme le PEQ, et la révision des seuils d’immigration par le gouvernement fédéral plongent plusieurs travailleuses et travailleurs migrants dans l’incertitude, il est plus important que jamais de se pencher sur leurs réalités. Depuis des années, ces personnes vivent et travaillent ici. Elles […]
La Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ) invite encore cette année les milieux de travail à se mobiliser pour l’édition 2026 de la Semaine du français au travail qui aura lieu du 16 au 22 mars prochains. Pour la FTQ, c’est l’occasion de réaffirmer l’importance du français comme langue commune et normale du […]
Good news for workers responsible for the maintenance of public buildings in the Montreal region: the new collective agreement decree was published this morning in THE GAZETTE OFFICIELLE DU QUÉBEC. In practical terms, the wage increases and other monetary provisions set out in the decree take effect today, March 4, 2026. Under the new decree, […]
A message of solidarity to our members impacted by the fire that occurred last Friday night at Saint-Paul Church. Images of the historic church engulfed in flames deeply shook the neighbourhood. Beyond the heritage building itself, it is a place of memory, services, and community life that has been profoundly affected. The Ancien Pensionnat Côte-Saint-Paul, […]
Ten Guatemalan workers who arrived in 2019 to hold operator positions at the IPL plant in Saint-Damien-de-Buckland have learned that they must leave the country within three months. After seven years of work, integration, and contribution to Québec society, they are now being asked to pack their bags. The announcement was made during an emotional […]
SPEND YOUR SUMMER AT SEU 800! In partnership with the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, UES 800 is offering two high school or CEGEP students a meaningful opportunity to discover the world of work in an engaged, dynamic, and deeply human environment. We are recruiting two 100% in-office administrative assistants for Summer 2026: 1 position at […]
The government is preparing to adopt one of the worst laws in the history of the Labour Code The QFL, CSN and CSQ deplore the imminent adoption of Bill 3 by the CAQ government, as the clause-by-clause study concluded yesterday. Just months before the election, the government has chosen to further tilt the balance of […]
Academic education is one of the most powerful drivers of personal and economic empowerment. It opens doors, broadens horizons, and provides the tools to understand the world and to find one’s place within it. But we know that free education comes at a cost. That is why, each year, 800 awards six $1,000 excellence scholarships […]
Union organizations representing workers in the health, social services and education sectors are filing constitutional challenges before the Superior Court today, seeking to have the discriminatory provisions of Bill 28, An Act to amend certain labour laws, arising from Bill 101, declared invalid. This legislation excludes workers in these sectors from Quebec’s general occupational health […]
World Social Justice Day gives us a moment to reaffirm our convictions and to face, with clarity, the lessons of the past year. A year in which counter-powers were weakened.In which unions were vilified.In which legitimate demands were caricatured, as though asking for respect had somehow become excessive.In which certain voices would have been considered […]
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