Many parents support family daycare and CPE workers in their pressure tactics aimed at accelerating the negotiation of their collective agreement.
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Family daycare services affiliated with FIPEQ-CSQ welcomed the children half an hour later, Monday morning, a measure that will be repeated throughout the week.
If no progress is made in negotiations with the government, the reception time will extend to one hour next week, one hour and thirty minutes the following week and two hours during the fourth week.
Parents interviewed by TVA Nouvelles say they understand the approach taken by the union.
“We have our children in the evening and it’s intense, they have seizures and everything, but it’s like that every day for them,” says a father.
“My little sacrifice of going to wear them later in the morning is necessary,” says a mother. In life, sometimes you have to do things that aren’t super comfortable because there are bigger reasons.”
“I think that if there is a sector where the government should invest funds, it would be the CPE and family environments,” adds one man.
The president of the Federation of Early Childhood Workers of Quebec, Anne-Marie Bellerose, has no doubt that parents will be in favor of their approach.
“It’s a hard moment to go through, but we know that they will be behind us and with us because they want us to still be here in five years and in ten years.”
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Those responsible for educational childcare services in family settings operate at a loss, according to the union, which maintains that current subsidies fail to cover the inflation of recent years.
The CPEs, for their part, are not satisfied with the entry wage which amounts to $21 per hour.
For its part, the Treasury Board office maintains that pressure tactics “are the prerogative of the union.”
“In this negotiation, we want to support the growth of places in family settings and promote attraction and retention for a better service offering,” we indicate.
On the CPE side, the Treasury Board cabinet mentions wanting to resolve the issue of work organization before tackling the salary aspect.
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