Though proud of his union career, outgoing FTQ President Daniel Boyer is leaving the Central Syndicale with a pang of heart over the challenges that await workers.
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The man who ruled the largest union federation for three terms believes the world of work must continue to face two challenges: labor shortages and inflation, workers and retirees walking the line.
Mr Boyer deplores the fact that workers and trade unionists have not been given enough information to make informed decisions at political level and calls for a bigger place at political level for the trade union world.
“My biggest regret, I think we didn’t give enough information on a political level. […] I think we should have a bigger place politically in Quebec,” the now ex-President of the FTQ hinted at QUB Radio’s microphone.
“People are misinformed, I think we should talk more about our values, our demands in our bodies, in our union activities, in our union meetings and explain the parties’ programmes,” explained Mr Boyer.
“And if people decide to vote for the CAQ or the Conservative Party, they will do it, but they will do it knowingly. I don’t think they knew enough about it,” he said.
Mr Boyer pleads for a fairer and more egalitarian society, defends the unions’ hard-won gains and explains that the development of private insurance is partly because public services are not up to the task.