Childcare services: FIPEQ president steps down [Video]

Valérie Grenon, president of the Federation of early childhood educators (FIPEQ) and a leading figure among unionized childcare workers, is stepping down from her position.

The CSQ-affiliated federation represents 9,000 workers in family childcare and 3,000 in early childhood centres (CPEs).

Grenon is leaving in the midst of negotiations that began several months ago with Quebec to renew the collective agreement for family childcare providers and to renew the collective agreement for her members in the CPEs.

She left to take up another position at the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), as an advisor. She recounted that she decided to leave because the momentum was there and the succession is assured and in good hands, she confided in an interview with The Canadian Press.

“A lot of battles, a lot of gains, a lot of struggles, a lot of victories for the members. So, I’m leaving very proudly, with …