Around 1,200 delegates from the various unions in the largest federation in Quebec (FTQ) will meet at a convention starting Monday a convention at the end of which President Daniel Boyer will retire. The Federation des travailleurs et travailleuses du Quebec (FTQ) president will step down after three terms as president and one as general secretary.
Members of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), representing some 11,000 public daycare workers, voted on an unlimited strike mandate Thursday, with the results slated to be released Friday.
One of Quebec’s daycare worker unions is going on strike indefinitely, putting pressure on the province as more than 18 months of collective agreement negotiations hits an impasse.
Walkouts in several of Quebec’s early-childhood centres are set to begin on Monday with provincial treasury board negotiations stuck at "an impasse," a major union announced Friday.