The proposed agreement in principle falls well short of the Unions mandate, which would see healthcare workers receive an hourly rate increase of five dollars over three years.
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In late May the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) trade union received a tentative agreement proposal from the Quebec government, giving its public sector workers a pay rate increase of 5 per cent over three years.
The proposal includes a one time lump sum, and salary scales adjustments for selected job titles. However the hourly rate increases indicated below are far from the unions mandate as voted by the workers.
From April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 hourly rate increased by 1.75%From April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 hourly rate increased by 1.75%From April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 hourly rate increased by 1.5%
In October 2019 the CSN submitted to the government demands of a $3 hourly pay rate increase for the first year, plus 3 per cent, or $1, whichever amount is higher, for each of the following two years.
Housekeeping (heavy-duty) staff and kitchen workers earning $19.69 in 2019 will earn, including the salary adjustment, $20.78 in the third year of the governments latest proposal. An increase widely separated from the five-dollar hourly rate in the original CSN monetary demands.
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