US EditionQuebec Paramedics, Ambulance Technicians to Strike Dec. 24 but Keep Essential Service
- Workers for nearly 40 ambulance services across Quebec will strike beginning December 24, 2025, as reported by The Canadian Press.
- The unions represent over 2,000 paramedics and ambulance technicians and are calling for improvements to their pension plan.
- The workers, who have been without a contract since March, will still perform shifts but refuse some duties during the strike.
- The province's labour tribunal approved the plan to maintain essential services, ensuring public safety won't be at risk.
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Nearly 40 Quebec ambulance services are planning an unlimited strike starting on Christmas Eve.
Canada Post, the STM, the SAQ, Air Transat, Air Canada… If you get the impression that everyone in Quebec has gone on strike this year or is about to, you're not imagining things. The second half of 2025 is shaping up to be a real season of union standoffs. And it's far from over. The Fédération du préhospitalier du Québec (FPHQ), a union representing approximately 2,000 paramedics from several regions of Quebec, issued a strike notice on Tuesda…
A union representing paramedics from several regions of Quebec issued a strike notice effective December 24, 2025.
Quebec paramedics, ambulance technicians to strike Dec. 24 but keep essential service
MONTREAL — Workers for nearly 40 ambulance services across Quebec are planning an unlimited strike beginning Christmas Eve. The 39 unions are associated with the Fédération du préhospitalier du Québec and represent more than 2,000 paramedics and ambulance technicians across the province. Union spokesperson Jérémie Corneau-Landry says paramedics will still be working all their shifts […]
MONTREAL — Nearly 40 ambulance services in Quebec are planning an unlimited strike starting on Christmas Eve. The 39 unions are affiliated with the Fédération du préhospitalier du Québec and represent more than 2000 paramedics and ambulance technicians in the province. The union spokesman, Jérémie Corneau-Landry, states that paramedics will continue to perform all their shifts and that the strike will have no impact on the services offered to th…
The Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT) confirmed that it had received notices of strike from 39 unions representing ambulance workers working in several regions of Quebec, including on the Côte-Nord. These workers announced their intention to initiate a general and unlimited strike starting on December 24. In this context, the Tribunal has ruled on the essential services to be maintained during the labour dispute. It finds that these servic…
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