Unionized Quebec Institute of Public Health workers on three-day strike
Posted November 28, 2022 11:32 am.
Around 400 unionized Quebec Institute of Public Health employees are on a three-day strike.
These workers include scientific advisors, information officers, computer analysts and nursing advisors.
There were demonstrations in Quebec City outside the National Assembly and in Montreal in front of INSPQ offices on Crémazie.
Employees have been without a collective agreement since the end of March 2020 – and have not had a pay increase since then.
The union had postponed negotiations on the contract renewal due to COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.
The Union says members’ salaries are at least 15 per cent lower than those of their colleagues at the National Institute of Excellence in Health and Social Services (INESSS) for similar functions.
Both institutes are funded by the Quebec Treasury Board.
Since this is the health sector, essential services must be maintained.
With files from the Canadian Press
