Quebec unions representing 400 subsidized daycares reach tentative deal with province

CBC News

· Posted: May 06, 2025 10:29 AM EDT | Last Updated: 22 minutes ago

After 13 onslaught days, the labour federation representing workers astatine 400 subsidized daycares in Quebec says it has reached an statement successful rule with the province.

The 13,000 workers with the Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux (FSSS), a labour federation affiliated the with the much larger Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), volition beryllium voting connected the woody successful the coming days.

Nearly 2 weeks ago, the CSN asked for conciliation to resoluteness an impasse successful negotiations. Conciliation efforts began connected May 1. 

Major sticking points during negotiations were linked to moving conditions and compensation.

The FSSS-CSN was seeking to amended both as a means to alleviate staffing shortages successful the daycare web and marque the occupation much charismatic to aboriginal workers.

Negotiations with the provincial authorities to renew corporate agreements have been ongoing for respective months. The Treasury Board submitted offers to each unions representing daycare workers successful May 2024 and settled with those nether the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) and the Fédérations des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ) in December.

Workers volition person the last accidental connected whether the statement is accepted oregon not and the national said no details of the woody volition beryllium released until then.