The Federation of Education Unions (FSE-CSQ), which represents more than 95,000 teachers, and the Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers (APEQ-QPAT), which represents 8,000 teachers, have endorsed the proposed regulatory sector, which was launched on Friday morning after a lightning offensive with the Government negotiated the negotiations.
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“The proposed industry regulation has been ratified by the Federal Council of the FSE and the APEQ,” confirmed the group of trade union members of the Common Front in a press release.
When they return from vacation, their members can read the details of the agreement to decide on it.
Only after this vote can the content of the proposed regulation be discussed publicly, according to the FSE-CSQ.
“We had the mission to concretely improve the daily lives of teachers based on our three priorities, namely class composition, workload reduction and remuneration,” affirms the President of the FSE-CSQ, Josée Scalabrini. We were able to agree on a settlement proposal because we are making progress on these three elements.”
However, there are still some elements of the collective agreement, particularly salaries, which have not yet been determined as they are being negotiated at the Common Front central table with the government.
In a video posted on Facebook, Ms. Scalabrini argues that all negotiations are “50% of the way there.”
“Everything that has to do with salary, insurance, parental leave and regional inequalities is not clarified,” she mentions. And we have to wait until these results are available. But we can say that we have taken a big step forward.”
If these negotiations drag on, the Joint Front still intends to launch an indefinite general strike in January.
Meanwhile, the Autonomous Education Association (FAE), which represents around 65,000 teachers, intensified its talks with the government on Friday and is continuing its indefinite general strike, which has now lasted 24 days.