Thousands of public sector workers in education and healthcare, represented by the Common Front, will exercise their strike mandate as part of a mass mobilization on Monday, November 6th. Schools, healthcare, state-owned enterprises – which services will really be affected? Overview.
SCHOOLS IN THE GREATER QUEBEC AREA were affected by the services
Charlevoix School Service Center:
- The daycare centers will remain closed in the morning and will resume normal operations for registered students at lunchtime and evening.
- Preschool and primary schools will resume after lunchtime, secondary school students will resume classes between 10:50 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. depending on the school, and general adult education and vocational training students will resume classes at 10:40 a.m.
Capital School Service Center: In-person classes and daycare centers remain closed in the morning.
School Service Center Des Découvreurs: In-person classes and daycare centers remain closed in the morning.
Portneuf school service center: All unionized Portneuf School Service Center employees will exercise their right to strike until 10:30 a.m.
No information has been publicly reported for the following school boards: Commission scolaire Central Québec, Center de Services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries and Center de Services scolaire des Rives-du-Saguenay.
SCHOOLS IN THE GREATER MONTREAL REGION
Pointe-de-l’Île School Service Center: All courses, daycare centers and lunch options remain closed in the morning. Classes resume in the afternoon. School transport and childcare are only offered at the end of class.
Montreal School Service Center: Lessons, school transport and child care are only offered in the afternoons. Adult training resumes at 11 a.m.
Marguerite-Bourgeoys School Service Center: Schools will welcome students for regular afternoon classes.
Laval School Service Center: Classes and care in the daycare center are only suspended in the mornings. There is no school transport available in the morning.
Marie Victorin School Service Center: Classes and school transport are suspended for the entire morning, while students are expected during the lunch break. For specialist classes and vocational training centers, return is possible from 10:45 a.m.
Patriotes School Service Center: No school transportation or child care will be provided for students arriving in the morning. Classes are scheduled to resume at 11 a.m.
The English school boards – the English Montreal School Board, the Lester B. Pearson School Board, the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board and the Riverside School Board – did not post a strike notice.
CEGEPS
The strike will take place from midnight to noon for CEGEP courses. The return to class will take place gradually depending on the CEGEP.
HEALTH SERVICES
In the health sector, the strike will last all day, but due to the Essential Services Act it will have limited impact.
Therefore, frontline staff will continue to work as usual, including in the province’s emergency and intensive care units.
However, other care facilities will face somewhat disrupted schedules under tariffs set by the Administrative Labor Tribunal (TAT).
On average, members of various unions go on strike for 1.5 to 4 hours, depending on the sector of employment.
SERVICES NOT AFFECTED
- SQDC
- SAQ
- Loto Quebec
- Quebec Automobile Insurance Society (SAAQ)
- Quebec Ferry Company (STQ)
- Came back to Quebec
- Society of Outdoor Facilities of Quebec (SÉPAQ)
- Universities
- Early childhood education centers (CPE)
More strikes follow
As a reminder, the Common Front is not the only group that has decided to use its strike mandate, as no progress has been made at the negotiating table with Quebec.
Members of the Quebec Interprofessional Health Federation (FIQ) will go on strike on November 8 and 9 after unanimously rejecting the Legault government’s latest offer. This is a first step for the FIQ, which has an unlimited strike mandate.
Up to 80,000 medical professionals will go on strike, mainly nurses and auxiliary nurses. As with the November 6 strike, the Essential Services Act and the TAT set the number of strike hours each union member can complete.
As for teachers, the 65,000 members of the Autonomous Federation of Education (FAE) – representing teachers from Montreal, Quebec and Gatineau – will launch an indefinite strike on November 23 if an agreement is not reached with Quebec here.