BARGAINING HAS BEGUN! Dear members, Negotiations to renew the master building maintenance services agreement between the Service Employees Union, Local 800 and The Quebec Building Service Contractors Association have indeed begun! The agreement brings together the major cleaning employers in the Montreal decree, including GDI Services, GSF Canada Inc, Roy Entretien, For-Net, Signature Service d’entretien, […]
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Here are a few activities, campaigns, important information and others for the last few weeks.
Once again on June 15, the SEU 800 would like to highlight “International Building Maintenance Worker Day”, a special occasion to pay tribute to these essential workers. Building maintenance workers are the guardians of our health and well-being, as they proved so well during the pandemic—their professionalism and attention to detail ensure that every one […]
The Service Employees Union, Local 800, recognizes the importance of academic training. For several years, the SEU 800 has proudly awarded six $1,000 scholarships. These scholarships are awarded following a rigorous selection, highlighting the candidates’ academic merit. A university professor, independent of SEU 800, evaluates applications. Here are the recipients of the six 2024-2025 scholarships. […]
Agreement on the final texts and singing of the new collective agreement. Montreal, June 10th, 2024 – The Service Employee Union, Local 800 (SEU 800) is proud to announce that after several weeks of meetings and intensive discussions with government spokespersons, the parties agreed on the final texts yesterday. This morning, we signed the new collective […]
Montréal, June 4, 2024. – The Quebec Federation of Labour (QFL) welcomes the third reading of federal Bill C-64 on prescription drug insurance. It now goes to the Senate. We understand that the bill’s passage is the first step towards the implementation of a truly public and universal drug insurance program. “For the QFL, the […]
From May 19 to 22, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) convention was held in Philadelphia, attracting some 3,000 delegates and guests. The SEU 800 Executive Committee was there to represent the members of our union. Some may ask, “Why a delegation from SEU 800 at this convention? Because SEU 800 is a local of […]
Montréal, May 27, 2024. – The Quebec Federation of Labour (QFL) welcomes the adoption at the third reading of the anti-scab bill (C-58) for companies under federal jurisdiction. The work done by parliamentarians has made it possible to mitigate certain provisions of the first version of the bill, such as reducing the deadline for the […]
May 13 to 17 is the Quebec school daycare week. SEU 800 would like to highlight the work carried out daily by daycare technicians and educators. An essential link in the school team, daycare staff contribute to the development and growth of our students. Whether it’s by encouraging perseverance, assisting students or creating a secure […]
“United so that our voices can be heard” is the theme of this year’s International Workers’ Day. “United so that our voices can be heard”… to restore social dialogue; to improve working conditions for workers with precarious status, including temporary foreign workers and asylum seekers; for actions to be taken to begin the energy transition […]
From April 21 to April 27, 2024 As part of Administrative Support Staff Week, the SEU 800 would like to highlight the work of its members who occupy one of these positions, whether in a school board, a financial institution, a municipality, an industry, a service company or various businesses. Your collaboration is essential, as […]
April 28 is ”Commemoration Day for Workers Injured or Killed on the Job”. Unfortunately, the members of the SEU800 are no exception. Some may have suffered a workplace accident or developed an occupational disease. For most of you, as you work physically, the risks are omnipresent. In solidarity with the victims of occupational injuries, the […]
”Since nature hates a void, it’s easy to see why the federal government is acting in the CAQ’s ”areas of incompetence”. –Denis Bolduc, QFL General Secretary Montreal, April 16, 2024– The Quebec Fédération of Labour (QFL) welcomes many of the measures announced in the federal budget, such as investments in housing, drug insurance and food […]
April 3rd, at a special general assembly, the members of the SEU 800 working at Autocar Orléans Express Inc. overwhelmingly accepted the agreement in principle reached with the negotiating committee on March 22nd. After a year of negotiations totalling 33 meetings, with the help of a conciliator from the Ministry of Labour and a mediator, […]
Faced with the need to update their base unit’s website, the union officers of the GDI unit in the Quebec City region and their SEU 800 union representative took it upon themselves to give it a makeover. The site has been completely redesigned. The current site went online in 2013 and needed updating. The new […]
On March 22nd, the Autocars Orléans Express Inc. drivers’ negotiating committee came to a new agreement in principle with the employer.The negotiating committee, which represents the 77 employees, finally reached an agreement with the employer after more than a year of negotiations.The agreement in principe will be presented to the members shortly, and if accepted, […]
The 77 members of the SEU 800, working at Autocars Orléans Express, voted at 96% in favour of an unlimited general strike, called at an appropriate time, at meetings held on March 14 and 15. The 77 drivers have been without a contract since March 31, 2023. The main issues at stake in these negotiations […]
Meeting day with Members of the National Assembly Once again this year, the QFL organized a meeting day with members of the National Assembly on March 13. Over a hundred workers, all QFL members, took part in the day, and the SEU 800 was proudly represented by Pascale Saint-Antoine, Léonie Bilodeau and Francis Miville. The […]
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