Posted by Pay equity payments have finally been made.
Our complaints for administrative agent’s class 1, 3, 4, the buyers and the medical secretaries, had long been ignored by the various governments, some complaints lasting 13 years. Our union determination and the mobilization of our members finally triumphed.
Our challenges are far from over. The government can’t seem to get over the fact that our mobilization and strike forced them to settle pay equity. Nor can the CAQ digest the fact that our strike forced them to negotiate and finally offer us almost double the wage increase they had planned.
The government doesn’t want us to be able to go on strike anymore and force them to negotiate; they want to ban strikes whenever they want. They want to take away all our bargaining power, and to do this they are introducing Bill 89, which is a very serious attack on our right to strike and our rights in general.
We are also facing a huge health-care privatization offensive with the creation of Santé Québec.
The MUHCEU joins the CSN with determination to fight Bill 89 and the service and job cuts orchestrated by Santé Québec. We will keep you informed of actions and demonstrations which, as always, are essential to defending our rights.
UNION EXECUTIVE