If it is approved, it would become the collective agreement for the 80,000 members of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé.
The 80,000 members of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé (FIQ), which represents the vast majority of Quebec nurses, auxiliary nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists, are to start to vote Tuesday on a conciliator’s proposal for the renewal of their collective agreement.
The members’ vote will take place from Tuesday at 8 p.m. to Thursday at 8 p.m. It follows general assemblies in recent weeks during which members were informed of the content of the conciliator’s proposal.
If the recommendation is approved by the members, it would become the FIQ collective agreement. If it is not approved, the parties will probably return to the negotiating table.
An agreement in principle had been reached between the parties, but 61 per cent of members who took part in an online vote last spring rejected it. The participation rate was 77 per cent.