Unions say they're unimpressed by Legault's request for 'flexibility'
Government is unwilling to negotiate on the weekend despite half a million workers being on strike, they say.
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Government is unwilling to negotiate on the weekend despite half a million workers being on strike, they say.
While Quebec Premier Francois Legault is calling for 'flexibility' on working conditions in the public sector, unions are denouncing the government's lack of urgency to reach an agreement.
“We work for the well-being of patients, we work to better their quality of life, but ours has to follow consequently,” said a medical imaging technologist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
The Canadian bus manufacturer announced last month that it will shift bus production to Quebec by 2025.
The state Comptroller's Office found the region's workforce declined by more than 10% from 2011 to 2021.