Article 42 - Permanent negotiating mechanism

42.01

In order to settle any problems related to working conditions, including problems of implementation and interpretation of the collective agreement, the negotiating parties agree to strike a permanent provincial negotiating committee.

42.02

The committee is made up of three (3) representatives of the CPNSSS (management bargaining committee for the health and social services sector) including one (1) representative of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS), on the one hand, and three (3) representatives of the Union, on the other hand.

42.03

Either party may send the other a brief written summary of the problem or problems which it wishes to submit to the committee for negotiation, as well as the names of its representatives. The parties must meet within twenty (20) days of receiving this request.

42.04

The employees representing the Union are given leave with no loss of salary for the purposes of attending negotiating sessions between the parties.

42.05

The parties have a maximum of ninety (90) days to find a solution or solutions to the problem or problems raised.

42.06

Any agreement between the parties that modifies the collective agreement must be filed with the Ministère du Travail.

42.07

If there is no agreement between the parties, they may agree on any procedure that will enable them to eventually settle the problem(s). When such a disagreement occurs on a modification to be made to the collective agreement and there is also disagreement on the mechanism to be used to reach a settlement, the parties refer the matter to the next round of collective bargaining.