In the midst of the Omicron wave, the inter-union health and social services and the government had constructive discussions with the aim of taking concrete action to support the staff. For the FSSS-CSN, the FSQ-CSQ, the FIQ and the FIQP, the SQEES-FTQ, the SCFP, the APTS, the FP-CSN and the SPGQ, the key to breaking this wave is to do everything to protect staff and quickly deploy recognition measures to act on attraction and retention.
All the labor organizations representing the personnel of the health and social services network have discussed with the government in recent days to propose solutions to help workers and regain their confidence. Several measures announced by the government which target certain job categories will make it possible to significantly, but temporarily, relieve the pressure that has weighed on network personnel for 22 months. The inter-union therefore invites the government to continue discussions in the same spirit in order to get out of the crisis situation linked to the pandemic and the lack of personnel.
The key is to protect the staff well
Throughout the exchanges, the inter-union indicated that the priority element to deal with the Omicron variant is to apply the precautionary principle and to implement all the necessary measures to properly protect workers, starting with the access to the N95 mask for all staff. While the government’s change in tone is welcome, it must continue to do more to advocate stronger, clearer and easier-to-apply measures to ensure the protection of personnel.
Measures to attract and retain staff
The measures announced today by Minister Dubé aim to have the necessary personnel for the next three months. The intersyndicale invited the government to better recognize the efforts of workers. The extension of the full-time bonus is an interesting step forward, although the intersyndicale has continued to demand that the bonuses apply to all staff at the front of the fight against the pandemic for months.
“Our discussions with the government convinced him to take very short-term action to curb the crisis. This is proof that it is by working together and taking into account staff solutions that we can better manage this pandemic. This is how we must continue to work to urgently tackle the fundamental problems of the health and social services network,” underline the leaders of the FSSS-CSN, the FSQ-CSQ, the FIQ and the FIQP, the SQEES-FTQ, the SCFP, the APTS, the FP-CSN and the SPGQ.
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