Quebec nurses' union signs contract valid until 2023

An overall agreement was accepted by just 54 per cent of the membership.

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The 76,000-member Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé (FIQ) has signed a new collective agreement with Quebec that will be valid until the end of March 2023.

The majority of the union’s membership consists of nurses and respiratory therapists.

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The contract talks were far from easy. The first agreement on working conditions reached in November 2020 was rejected by delegates. An updated version was finally accepted in December of that year, however negotiations continued in 2021 to settle other issues. An overall agreement was accepted by just 54 per cent of the membership, an indicator of the dissatisfaction of nurses dealing with staff shortages, mandatory overtime and nurse-patient ratios. The new contract deals with these issues, most notably by stabilizing care teams and adding full-time positions. It includes a “recognition bonus” for health care professionals.

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