Quebec Nurses

• Quebec nurses union votes in favour of new collective agreement

  Quebec's largest nurses union has reached a deal with the provincial government more than a year and a half after their collective agreement expired in March 2023.

  Health

  Oct 18, 2024
  
• Quebec nurses cannot pressure province by refusing overtime, labour tribunal rules

  The FIQ had threatened that its members would stop accepting to work overtime starting Thursday, potentially throwing the health network into chaos.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2024
  
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• Nurses recruited from West Africa say Quebec training program has left them destitute

  A Montreal civil rights organization says a Quebec program to recruit and train nurses from overseas is leaving some participants in dire straits and dependent on food banks.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2024
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• Quebec nurse practitioners will be able to take on patients waiting for family doctor

  Starting next week, specialized nurse practitioners in 11 Quebec clinics will be able to take on patients who are waiting for a family doctor.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2024
• Major nurses union reaches agreement with Quebec for 5-year-contract

  The FIQ was one of three public sector unions that had still not reached a deal with the province, and negotiations with the two others are ongoing.

  Health

  Mar 19, 2024
• Number of newly licensed Quebec nurses reaches 10-year low

  The professional order that regulates nursing in the province says it granted 2,864 licences between April 2022 and March 2023 compared to 3,565 a year before.

  Jan 12, 2024
• Negotiations stalling in health-care sector, Quebec premier says

  Premier François Legault believes the province will reach an agreement with teachers by the end of the week, but says talks are at a standstill with the health-care sector. 

  Politics

  Dec 13, 2023
• Quebec strike: 80,000 nurses join picket line in another provincial walkout

  The health-care workers' walkout overlaps with other strikes, meaning more than 550,000 people are on the picket line across the province this week.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2023
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• ‘It’s not safe’: 80,000 health-care workers in Quebec on strike over working conditions

  Nurses and other health-care workers' two-day walkout will continue Thursday. The FIQ also announced strike days for Nov. 23 and Nov.24.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2023
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• Quebec nurses union says job postings requiring bilingualism are discriminatory

  The union says the decision to limit jobs to bilingual applicants is especially inappropriate given staff shortages and recruitment challenges in the health network.

  Health

  Sep 26, 2023