2024-03-22 12:55:31
Delegates from the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ) voted in favor of the proposed agreement in principle concluded with the Quebec government during a federal council which ended Thursday. The agreement will therefore be submitted to the approximately 80,000 members of the union, who will in turn vote on April 10, 11 and 12.
The FIQ will provide its union members with “more information” on the content of the agreement in principle in the coming days. In a press release, the union organization indicates, however, that the negotiated agreement in principle includes “several advances” such as “the supervision of compulsory overtime, which should only be used in cases of emergency”, “the “gradual elimination of the use of independent labor and the prioritization of healthcare professionals from the public health network in the choice of schedules” as well as a “commitment on the part of the government to the gradual implementation of ratios”.
In a written statement sent to Le Devoir, the president of the Treasury Board, Sonia LeBel, underlined that “an important step was taken by the ratification of the proposed agreement in principle by the delegates of the FIQ”. ” But it is not finished. Out of respect for the members who will have to decide on this agreement, we will not make any comments,” she added.
The FIQ, which represents nurses, practical nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists, is one of the last unions in the health sector not to have reached an agreement in principle with Quebec.
The members of the Health and Social Services Federation (FSSS-CSN) accepted an agreement in principle with the government a month ago. Union members who voluntarily travel to a hospital other than their own will be entitled to a lump sum of $50 or $100 per day, in addition to reimbursement based on their mileage. Everyone – attendants and nurses alike – will also be able to self-manage their schedules if they wish. They will be entitled to a salary increase of 17.4% over five years, like other Common Front union members.
According to the FIQ, the same offers as those accepted by the Common Front were on the table concerning “voluntary” travel between hospitals and facilities as well as recognition of the seniority of professionals who left the public network for the private sector. . The question of patient-to-professional ratios was at the heart of the negotiations.
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