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Lia Lévesque's reporting focuses heavily on local government announcements, particularly in Quebec. She covers strikes, negotiations, and unions within the context of Quebec’s public sector. Given her emphasis on these topics and regions, she is likely to be interested in pitches related to labor disputes, government policy affecting public sector employees, or developments within trade unions in the region.
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The outcome of the lengthy negotiations to renew the collective bargaining agreements for several paramedic unions is not yet certain, as those working for Urgences-santé have just rejected the tentative agreement that had been reached. These are paramedic ambulance technicians who are members of several unions affiliated with the Fédération de la santé et des […]
While CEGEPs as a whole are once again facing an increase in enrollment this year, the number of professional and support staff is not always keeping pace. Yet, the staff unions’ federation believes that CEGEPs should be “catalysts for regional development.” The president of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), Éric Gingras, and the […]
According to estimates by the association of road and major work contractors of Quebec (ACRGTQ), approximately 150 construction sites have been slowed down or brought to a standstill by the government engineers’ strike. Construction sites, especially in regional areas, are thus affected, according to a joint statement from the ACRGTQ, the association of consulting engineering […]
Paramedics who are members of unions affiliated with the CSN have ultimately rejected the tentative agreement reached to renew their collective bargaining agreements. They are therefore resuming their pressure tactics. The overall vote by these unions—part of the la Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux (FSSS), affiliated with the CSN—shows that 71.6 per […]
The CSN is the latest union organization to challenge Quebec’s law on union governance and transparency before the Superior Court. Several other union organizations have already filed applications challenging the same law over the past several months. The law has attracted attention primarily because of the concept of optional union dues, in addition to regular […]
By: Lia Lévesque
MONTREAL - A major Quebec labour group has launched a legal challenge of a new provincial law that affects union governance and transparency.
By Lia Lévesque, The Canadian Press Montreal's blue-collar workers are announcing seven days of strike action from Sept. 22 to 28.
Women who lost their jobs during their maternity leave and were deprived, in whole or in part, of regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits because they had not accumulated enough insurable hours have just won their case. The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled in their favour, reinstating the initial decision, which had established that the […]
By: Lia Lévesque
MONTRÉAL - The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that it's unconstitutional to deny employment insurance job loss benefits to women who recently received maternity and parental benefits.
The lawyers working at the Ombudsman’s Office began their indefinite strike on Tuesday morning. There are only six of them—all women—working for the Ombudsman in the Montreal and Quebec City offices. They are members of Les Avocats et notaires de l’État québécois (LANEQ) a large union independent of the major labour federations. Their main demand […]
