Quebec daycare workers rally outside family minister’s office in Montreal
Posted October 24, 2024 1:56 pm.
Early childhood and family daycare workers in Quebec held a rally Thursday amid negotiations to renew their collective agreements.
Dozens of CSN-unionized members demonstrated outside the offices of the province’s Ministry of Family, near the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.
Waving colourful CSN flags, demonstrators denounced the provincial government’s approach to negotiations.
Around 12,000 workers – in early childhood centres (CPEs) and in family daycares – have already adopted “progressive strike” mandates; they are slated to begin striking in November by opening their doors 30 minutes later every day of the week.
The Fédération des intervenantes en petite enfance (FIPEQ) submitted its applications in September 2023, but Quebec only submitted its offers last spring.
FIPEQ has 9,000 members in family daycares and 3,000 in CPEs.
