Sectoral consultation from June 13 to August 16, 2019 Work on the upcoming negotiations of your provincial collective agreement has begun. The FIQ is the bargaining agent, responsible for negotiating on behalf of healthcare professionals who are FIQ and FIQP | Secteur privé members. To read about and take the online consultation, go to 2020 Negotiations    

Montreal, June 12, 2019 – The Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec – FIQ is thrilled that the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare is recommending that Canada implement single-payer public pharmacare. In the report issued today, the Council clearly states that this type of plan is fairer and more sustainable. The FIQ, along with several other union organizations and civil society, shares…

Rivière-du-Loup, June 12, 2019 – Hundreds of healthcare professionals from across Québec met today at noon in front of the Centre hospitalier régional Grand-Portage de Rivière-du-Loup to denounce the region’s respiratory therapists’ difficult working conditions and support those working at Kamouraska in particular.  “When a respiratory therapist resigns because she cannot endure the schedule any longer and every ambulance transfer leaves patients exposed, the situation…

The University of Regina is conducting the first anonymous evaluation on operational stress injuries (including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)) in nursing staff at the national level. With the support of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) and provincial unions, the research team wants to give a voice to nursing staff in order to understand the factors leading to cumulative workplace trauma in Canadian health…