CPE daycare workers’ 3-day strike extended to 5 days

The three-day strike that began Wednesday in 400 childcare centres in Quebec will be extended.

The Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux (FSSS), which represents the workers, announced Thursday the strike, initially scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week, would continue on Monday and Tuesday next week.

Workers from these CSN-affiliated FSSS unions protested outside the National Assembly on Thursday.

Negotiations with Quebec to renew collective agreements in the Centres de la petite enfance (CPE) have been going on for several months. The Conseil du trésor tabled its offers to all unions representing childcare workers in May 2024.

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The other union organizations taking part in the national negotiation have already reached a settlement with Quebec, and their agreement in principle was even ratified by their members several months ago.

However, the FSSS, which represents the largest number of these workers, says it is still dissatisfied with Quebec’s offers, despite having obtained the same wage increases as all government employees and other unions in the CPEs. The union would like to see further improvements, including concerning overtime.

–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews