Work overload is a major problem that tends to get worse with each new reform of the health and social services system. The APTS has developed a series of factsheets providing a deeper understanding its various aspects  Stay tuned – we’ll be putting them online over the next weeks.

Update: On December 4, 2024, the Government of Québec announced its intention to table a bill to reform the process for negotiating collective agreements in the health and social services system and other areas. This bill could affect the validity of answers in this FAQ.

The APTS will study the bill once it is tabled to analyze the provisions and their impact on the negotiation process in the public sector and to propose necessary improvements. This FAQ will be updated once the bill has been reviewed.

Last year, we denounced the reconfiguration of job classes without consulting employees, and we will continue to fight for union representation based on communities of interest, defined by and for members.

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June 2024 | The renewal of your collective agreement has just been completed. After over a year and a half of tough negotiations, supported by your historic mobilization, the 2023-2028 collective agreement has been signed on June 7h, 2024.

The United Nations General Assembly has declared November 25 to be the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and a call has been made for governments and organizations to take action in order to raise public awareness of this social evil that puts women’s lives, safety, and hopes for equality at risk. The campaign in Québec will reach its peak on December 6, National Day of Remembrance and Action to End Violence Against Women, commemorating the femicides carried out at Montréal’s École Polytechnique in 1989 and the death of 14 young women.