(Montreal) An outcome has been reached in the one and a half year strike at the Société québécoise du cannabis.
These are the members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), affiliated with the FTQ, in around twenty branches, who are concerned.
The indefinite strike was called on May 28, 2022, after a few isolated days of strike.
This is not an agreement in principle strictly speaking, but the union’s executive committee is committed to presenting the conciliator’s recommendation to its members. And he will recommend acceptance to its members, said Wednesday the president of the local section concerned, David Clément.
If the offer is accepted by the members, it will be the end of the long labor dispute.
The parties had already agreed on the normative clauses for several months. Remuneration was therefore at the heart of the remaining dispute.
The local CUPE section demanded for its members a salary similar to that of other employees of comparable state corporations, such as the Société des alcools du Québec.
Asked whether he had succeeded in obtaining this salary for his members, Mr. Clément did not want to confirm or deny it. He preferred to keep the information up to date for his members – as is usually the case in such circumstances.
The union will hold a meeting for its members on Sunday, simultaneously in the twenty branches affected by the strike, i.e. those where workers are unionized with CUPE.
There are also workers at the SQDC who are unionized at the CSN and others who are not unionized; they were not affected by this walkout.
