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The Quebec public service workers union (Syndicat de professionnelles et professionnels du gouvernement du Québec - SPGQ), which represents 24,000 employees, is asking for the intervention of a conciliator in the negotiations surrounding the renewal of its members' collective agreement.
Members of Quebec's inter-union Common Front have voted 74.8 per cent in favour of the agreements in principle reached with the provincial government.
Some 420,000 unionized public sector workers have voted 74.8 per cent in favour of accepting an agreement in principle reached with the Quebec government.
After a long and difficult negotiation with public sector employees, another discussion is about to begin with 13,000 workers in family daycares and CPEs.
Negotiations are set to begin in Quebec City with 13,000 workers in family daycare services and childcare centres – knowns as CPEs.