Agreement in principle for 27,000 civil servant members of the SFPQ

Photo: Jacques Boissinot Archives The Canadian Press The large independent union was one of the few in the public and parapublic sectors to still have failed to reach an agreement with the Quebec government to renew its collective agreement.

Lia Lévesque – The Canadian Press

Posted at 10:22 a.m.

• Quebec

An agreement in principle was finally reached between Quebec and the Union of the Public and Parapublic Service of Quebec (SFPQ), which represents some 27,000 civil servants.

The large independent union was one of the few in the public and parapublic sectors to still have not managed to reach an agreement with the Quebec government to renew its collective agreement.

The agreement in principle was reached during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.

“We reached a proposed agreement in principle with the SFPQ representing more than 26,000 civil servants. We now have agreements with nearly 85% of employees in the public and parapublic sectors,” rejoiced the President of the Treasury Board, Sonia LeBel.

The project agreement will be submitted Friday to an intermediate body of the SFPQ, the negotiation council. If it obtains its approval, it will be submitted to the members so that they can decide “as quickly as possible”, the SFPQ announced on Wednesday.

Extremely rare fact in In its case, the SFPQ had begun to consult its members to obtain a mandate for heavy pressure tactics which could go as far as an unlimited general strike.

If its negotiating council ratifies the draft agreement in principle, on Friday, the tour of members to decide on this strike mandate will be transformed into a tour to decide on the agreement in principle.

In addition to salary increases, for the SFPQ, teleworking was a priority issue.

The Union of the Public and Parapublic Service of Quebec represents some 27,000 civil servants in various ministries, as well as in government organizations such as the Société de l'assurance-automobile du Québec (SAAQ), the Commission for Equity, Health and Safety Standards ( CNESST) and the Régie de l'assurance- santé du Québec (RAMQ).

And the others

This agreement in principle at the SFPQ comes a few days after that of the 26,000 members of the Union of Government Professionals of Quebec (SPGQ).

In the large union organizations, there now remains the Interprofessional Health Federation (FIQ), which has still not settled for its 80,000 members, nurses, practical nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists.

Others have still not settled, such as the Health Federation, affiliated with the CSQ, which also represents nurses, as well as 2000 employees who work in the North for the Cree and Cree school boards. Kativik, members of the CSQ.