The Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ) is taking part today in what it describes as “an intensive negotiating session” with Quebec, where the issue of staff mobility remains the main stumbling block.
This after Treasury Board President Sonia Lebel wrote an open letter in La Presse on Tuesday about the situation.
Last Friday, the union rejected a new offer from Quebec and urged its members to refuse overtime as of September 19.
The collective agreement of the FIQ, which represents 80,000 nurses, nursing assistants, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists, expired on March 31, 2023.
The FIQ will also hold a march on Wednesday to make their presence known in front of Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) MNAs in Rimouski.
The FIQ’s goal is to remind the government that they’ve been working without a contract for more than 500 days.
“There is nothing in what was put on the table that recognizes the expertise of healthcare professionals, nor prevents the employer from moving healthcare professionals wherever it wants,” said the FIQ last Friday.
Calling the latest proposal a “step backwards from the deal it rejected last April.”
-With files from La Presse Canadienne