With the arrival of the 65,000-member APTS health-care union, the alliance already formed between the CSN, CSQ and FTQ now represents 420,000 workers.
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La Presse Canadienne
Lia Lévesque
The Quebec government will face a broadened common front of public sector unions during the next round of contract negotiations, with the three major union affiliations joined by the 65,000-member Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux (APTS).
With the arrival of the union, which represents health-care technicians and professionals, the alliance already formed between the CSN, CSQ and FTQ now represents 420,000 public sector workers.
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APTS president Robert Comeau said the membership wanted as large a union alliance as possible to deal with the issues plaguing the health-care system, such as labour shortages, increased workloads and pay levels.
There was no common front during the last round of public sector negotiations, which coincided with the pandemic and saw contract talks drag on for longer than usual.
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