More daycare workers adopt strike mandate [Video]

Daycare workers unionized with the CSN adopted a mandate to strike for up to five days following the CSQ.

The members of the CSN-affiliated Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux (FSSS) voted 96 per cent in favour of such a mandate.

The strike mandate will adapt to the context of the negotiations.

“Its shape could be diverse. It could be later openings, it could be earlier closures; it could be full days” up to five days, explained Lucie Longchamp, vice-president of the FSSS.

Parents will be notified at least 10 days in advance to find an alternative solution.

Pressure tactics will depend on the pace and progress at the bargaining table, said Longchamp. But she reports little progress after 13 negotiating sessions with the Ministère de la Famille and the Conseil du trésor.

Quebec tabled its offers in April to unionized childcare workers.

“There’s been no progress. We’re …