By Michael Boriero
Dozens of union members from the Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux (APTS) and the Syndicat des professionnelles en soins des Cantons-de-l ’Est affilié à la FIQ marched to the CHSLD Argyll Friday morning.
The APTS and the FIQ, Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec, represent a combined 136,000 members, give or take, across Quebec, the majority of which are women. They work as rehabilitation and nutrition specialists, nurses and nursing assistants.
CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS APTS President Isabelle Mantha told The Record that they held a demonstration to denounce the Quebec government’s contempt for women working in health and social services. The public health sector has been steadily losing workers for years.
