Negotiations: legitimate demands for the survival of public services
Last May, when the Common Front revealed its salary demands, several commentators expressed cries of indignation, even labelling the union leaders as Martians because they…
Last May, when the Common Front revealed its salary demands, several commentators expressed cries of indignation, even labelling the union leaders as Martians because they…
The draft collective agreement for the working conditions of care professionals in nursing and cardio-respiratory care was passed on October 1st. This is an important…
In the past few weeks, a private nursing agency has run prime time television commercials to attract new candidates. It praises the benefits of being…
What a simplistic and inadequate approach to meet the challenges of the labour shortage in Quebec! For several years, we have told the government, our…
As the new president and an activist at the FIQ for 25 years, I want to share the enthusiasm and pride that I am feeling…
A recent study published by the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives revealed that “For the vast majority of the Canadian population, public services are definitely the…
On February 6 the federal government presented its budget bill for 2009. Normally, this bill would have been limited to the required measures to implement…
The frenzy of the holiday period now being behind us, the economic crisis and, especially, the measures put forward by the provincial and federal governments…
This fall which was very turbulent on the political scene, and henceforth buried in snow, resulted in some political maneuvers which bordered what is acceptable…