“From what I have learned now, there is no ignominy in that, there are just people trying to make it work while waiting,” he reacted to the union’s exit. employees of Quebec libraries, Thursday.
The day before, in a press release, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (TUAC) denounced the meeting of executives and non-unionized employees of the Canadian Institute of Quebec (ICQ) around a “meal provided”, at the Gabrielle-Roy library, as its members begin their third month of strike.
Asking whether he saw this as an ill-advised expense on the part of the employer, which manages the municipal library network, the mayor of Quebec did not share the union’s indignation.
“If you tell me they served caviar, it doesn’t work. If they served a lunch because people were there at lunchtime, there is no issue,” he said.
Although he considers it “unfortunate” to see the libraries still paralyzed by the strike, in progress since March 1, Bruno Marchand said he agrees with the fact that the ICQ continues to carry out its activities in the meantime.
“I let them judge what is best for their operating activities,” he simply said.
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