Mylène Lavigueur, Nurse at the CISSS des Laurentides, talks to us about the FIQ: “For me, the FIQ, is an organization that proposes concrete solutions. For the members, but also for the population!”

The FIQ is putting a video on line which is a reminder that during the last negotiations, it obtained a change in salary ranking for the majority of its members. In most cases, this will be a salary increase, on average, of 5% as of April 2, 2018 and will be added to the increases of 5.25% obtained. Download | Français

For two years now, the CIUSSS de la Capitale Nationale has seen more than 50 million dollars of cutbacks imposed by Minister Gaétan Barrette. The union of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec – FIQ du CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale has identified the direct impacts on the patients and the healthcare professionals in the region. The rest of this article is only available…

Last November 17 and 18, the 12th edition of the Youth Network took place under the theme “Du passé au futur, le syndicalisme se conjugue au NOUS!” (From the past to the future, unionism is bound to WE!) attended by more than a hundred healthcare professionals age 30 and younger. Download | français

“We hope that this forum is functional, that it will finally change things for the long term. But, we are skeptical at the FIQ. The users and the staff giving care in the CHSLDs are bearing the brunt of the Liberal cutbacks, the lack of this government’s compassion. Our fear, is that this entire operation only exists to polish the image of the government and…

The members of the Executive Committee of the FIQ have had the opportunity to meet hundreds of healthcare professionals over the last few days. Whether in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, the North Shore or in the Gaspé, Régine Laurent and her colleagues were giving advocacy training sessions.