Agreement in principle has been reached between Hydro-Québec and its network employees
Posted July 1, 2025 2:39 pm.
Another union has just reached an agreement with Hydro-Québec. After the 2,300-member union representing professional and office technicians, it’s now up to Hydro-Québec’s network employees to announce that an agreement in principle was reached with the employer “in the early hours of the morning on the night of June 30 to July 1.”
The 206 network employees launched an overtime strike from June 16 to 19. The Administrative Labor Tribunal imposed the maintenance of essential services, which had been agreed upon by the union and the employer.
The agreement in principle comes after several months of intensive negotiations.
“If we have reached an agreement in principle, it is because we are convinced that it reflects the commitments we made to our members. We will continue to support the Hydro-Québec workers in their negotiations, who are still in negotiations and who also deserve a satisfactory agreement,” said the president of the local union, Marc-André Bouchard, in a press release, specifying that no further comments will be made.
The union specifies that members will be asked to vote on this new collective agreement at the beginning of the fall, once the drafting process is completed.
The Network Employees Union includes planning, operations, and dispatch agents who work to monitor the electricity grid. They direct operators to perform various tasks and manage the operation of the entire network.
The collective agreement of the Hydro-Québec Network Employees Union expired on December 31, 2024.
There are no fewer than 10 unions at Hydro-Québec, several of which are currently negotiating the renewal of their collective agreements. The government-owned company has 23,280 employees.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
