FIQ accepts conciliator’s recommendation, putting an end to negotiations with Quebec [Video]

Nurses and other Quebec health-care workers voted 66.3 per cent in favour of a conciliator’s recommendation to renew their collective agreement after several months of negotiations with the provincial government.

Of the roughly 80,000 members of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ), the union indicated in a social media post that 75 per cent of them voted electronically.

The result had been eagerly awaited after members rejected an agreement in principle by 61 per cent last April.

The vote began at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, following a series of information meetings on the content of the conciliator’s proposal over several weeks.

A victim of its own success, the voting platform experienced a few technical glitches when it opened on Tuesday, due to the influx of members rushing to exercise their right to vote. The situation has since improved.

The agreement in principle, despite being recommended by the …