FSSS union members in 400 CPE daycares accept agreement in principle
Posted June 2, 2025 1:04 pm.
Workers in 400 early childhood centres adopted, by a 58 per cent majority, the agreement in principle reached with Quebec for the renewal of their collective agreement.
These workers are members of unions of the Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux (FSSS), which is affiliated with the CSN.
This is the last union representing childcare workers to conclude its negotiations with Quebec. The three others participating in this national negotiation concluded their agreement last year: the Fédération des intervenantes en petite enfance (FIPEQ), affiliated with the CSQ; the Syndicat québécois des employé(e)s de service (SQEES) and the Syndicat des métallos, both affiliated with the FTQ.
The FSSS union members had been on strike for 13 days since the end of January.
They work in more than 400 childcare centers. As of Dec. 31, Quebec had 940 childcare centers, managing 1,772 facilities, according to the Ministry of Families.
An agreement in principle was finally reached between Quebec and the FSSS on May 5, after two phases of conciliation, one at the start of negotiations in 2024, and the other this spring.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
