MONTREAL – APTS members began a two-day strike sequence on Monday morning – the first in the health and social services sector as part of public sector negotiations.
The Alliance of Professional and Technical Health and Social Services Staff has 60,000 members who work in health establishments and youth centers.
They are social assistance technicians, psychologists, medical imaging technicians, radiology technicians and others.
This first strike sequence takes place Monday and Tuesday. Another sequence is scheduled for June 21 and 22, if the negotiations do not progress sufficiently to the liking of the APTS by then.
So far, strikes in the public and parapublic sectors had only affected the education sector.
As this is a strike in the health sector, essential services are maintained. The proportion varies from 50 to 100% depending on the care unit.
Confident Quebec
Joined Monday, the office of the President of the Treasury Board Sonia LeBel indicated that “yes, negotiations are still continuing” with the APTS.
“Unfortunately, we cannot comment, but we are confident to reach an agreement quickly,” added the minister’s office.
Agreements to date
To date, the Quebec government has managed to come to an agreement with the FTQ, both for wages and working conditions. It is the same with the teachers of the Autonomous Federation of Education (FAE).
The FTQ agreement provides for a 2% increase in 2020-2021, then 2% in 2021-2022 and 2% in 2022-2023, in addition to a new salary structure to pay higher salary increases to the lowest employees. .
Quebec has also entered into partial agreements, which relate to working conditions. This is the case with the Federation of Teaching Unions, affiliated with the Centrale des unions du Québec (CSQ) and the Interprofessional Health Federation (FIQ).
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