Quebec union wants conciliation, cites impasse in daycare negotiations

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 26, 2025 3:02 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

The national representing 400 publicly-funded daycares in Quebec, known arsenic CPEs, and immoderate 13,000 workers has filed a petition for conciliation. 

In a quality merchandise Friday, the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) said it was opting for conciliation to resoluteness an impasse successful negotiations. 

The CSN said it's hoping to scope an statement that volition pb to improved moving conditions and compensation, and arsenic a result, alleviate staffing shortages successful the daycare network.

Childhood educators successful the state person taken portion in 13 onslaught days since January, but the national has held disconnected connected launching an unlimited wide onslaught contempt having the mandate to bash so. 

"Our thirteen days of strikes person allowed america to marque advancement astatine the bargaining table, but it is wide that the authorities refuses to instrumentality progressive enactment to curb the unit shortage," wrote FSSS-CSN national typical Stéphanie Vachon in a quality release.

Negotiations with the provincial authorities to renew corporate agreements person been ongoing for respective months. The Treasury Board submitted offers to each unions representing daycare workers successful May 2024 and settled with the CSQ and FTQ unions successful December.

The CSN is the largest union, representing astir 80 per cent of CPE employees successful the province.

The government has offered CSN puerility educators a 17.4 per cent summation successful wage implicit 5 years, and is holding steadfast connected that number, but the national believes determination are different ways to code what is says are wage inequities within the nationalist sector.

"We are truthful successful solution mode with this petition for conciliation. We perfectly indispensable amended what is connected the array to enactment much wealth successful the pockets of workers," added Vachon successful the property release.

CBC News has reached retired to the Treasury Board for comment, but has yet to perceive back.