VOLUME 1 No. 12 | June 8, 2020

COVID-19 has you concerned?

This special communication bulletin will help you keep pace with the changing situation by answering many of your questions.

You are indispensable for our health and social services system, but your safety comes first!

Thank you for all your sustained efforts. They are deeply appreciated.

#Vital wave of APTS demonstrations explodes

This week, hundreds of APTS activists turned out to demonstrate, calling for fair and equitable treatment in this difficult period. Demonstrations were organized around the province, including some in Montréal, the Montérégie, Gatineau, Québec City and Val-d’Or.

Our actions are producing results

Things are changing, thanks to our members’ strong turnout in demonstrations and to the efforts of our labour relations teams to bring management on-side. A number of health and social service institutions and three integrated centres have pledged to honour our members’ vacation schedules. Other discussions are underway and demonstrations will be taking place next week in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and the Outaouais region and at the CHU de Québec and the CIUSSS Centre-Sud de Montréal. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who took part in our actions. Members’ mobilization is vital.

Demonstration at Charles-Le Moyne

Demonstration at the Jewish General Hospital

Flash meeting with Legault

A welcoming committee formed by APTS members and our FIQ allies was waiting for Premier François Legault when he arrived at the CIUSSS de l’Estrie. In a brief discussion, our representative from Estrie, Marc Richard, stressed the importance of vacations for our members who have reached a point of exhaustion in this pandemic. He also called on the government to grant due recognition for the hazards faced by our members, who are still excluded from receiving hazard premiums.

In the media

In a televised interview on Ici RDI (Radio Canada’s special news channel), our president, Andrée Poirier, outlined the deplorable conditions in which some of our members are forced to work after being redeployed to CHSLDs.

PRESS RELEASES
APTS is concerned for vulnerable individuals forgotten in the crisis

It’s crucial that the CISSS de la Montérégie-Ouest resume services to meet the needs of the region’s population and set up systematic inspection of seniors’ residences. Read more
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