Outraged, the unions accuse the Legault government of trying to divert attention from its poor record with its bill on union governance, which has just been tabled by the Minister of Labour, Jean Boulet.

In an interview, CSQ president Éric Gingras concluded that “it is the union movement that is currently paying for a government that is low in the polls.”

“Overall, we are paying because the government, through its premier is trying to score points, is looking for an enemy. And it has identified certain groups, including the unions,” commented Éric Gingras in an interview.

He claims he has no objection to transparency, such as giving members enough time to review the contents of an agreement in principle and to vote, nor to rules regarding access to a union’s audited financial statements

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