Public sector contract talks | The APTS has signed its collective agreement for 2023-2028
June 7, 2024
Longueuil – The new collective agreement for the APTS (Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux) has now been signed. After more than a year and a half of difficult contract talks, and supported by its members’ historic mobilization, the union has achieved gains that will take effect on June 16, 2024.
“This collective agreement is the result of efforts put in by tens of thousands of professionals and technicians who chose to stand up to the government and demand better working conditions and greater recognition of their expertise,” said APTS president Robert Comeau. “At the end of these contract talks, we’re proud to have gained significant improvements to working conditions. These will help reestablish the value of jobs in the public system, fight work overload, and provide all Quebecers with high-quality, accessible services.”
From the union’s point of view, however, its work is not done. The APTS will keep using every means available to improve conditions of work and practice for its 65,000 members, in order to make the public health and social services system a place where it feels good to work.
“Contract talks are over, but the labour shortage is still very real,” concluded the APTS president. “We see its impact on daily basis. A number of missions in our public system are in big trouble, including technical medical departments (labs, medical imaging, nuclear medicine, medical electrophysiology and radiation oncology), youth centres, and services for people who have an intellectual disability or an autism spectrum disorder. The situation is even worse in remote areas where our members are under excruciating pressure to maintain services that need to be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We’ll keep fighting for all of our people who are providing Quebecers with crucially important services.”
The APTS
The APTS (Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux) represents more than 65,000 members who play a key role in ensuring that health and social services institutions run smoothly. Our members provide a wide range of services for all Quebecers, including diagnostic, rehabilitation, nutrition, psychosocial intervention, clinical support, and prevention services.
