APPA EMSB

05/17/2026

Le 17 mai est une journée symbolique, mais toute l'année, les employeurs et les syndicats doivent être des alliés dans la lutte continuelle contre l'homophobie et la transphobie. La FEESP-CSN est une alliée. Soyez vous aussi un.e allié.e.
🌐 https://effetallie.ca

05/01/2026

Our rights are constantly being trampled by the CAQ!

Anti-union laws. Harmful policies for the most vulnerable workers. Inaction in the face of the housing crisis. Cuts to public service and social program budgets. Privatization. Our social safety net is broken by the CAQ’s political choices, and instead of trying to strengthen it, this boss-driven government is multiplying decisions that collectively impoverish us, infringe on our rights, and silence criticism.

Like governments of recent decades, the CAQ is cutting public service budgets and promoting the development of private markets. For the population, this means reduced access to the services they need. It also means unacceptable working conditions for those who provide those services. Yet, accessible and universal social services and programs are a key to ensuring everyone’s right to live in dignity.

Now more than ever, we must put pressure on the government to stop attacking our rights and further destroying our social safety net!

04/24/2026

IN THIS ISSUE: Cost-of-Living Adjustment: What it Means for Your Pay | Deadline to Propose Changes to the Beneva Group Insurance Plan | Clarification on First-Aid Certification | Don’t Forget to Renew Your Canadian Dental Care Plan| Professional Improvement Funding Procedures | April 28th Marks the International Day of Mourning in Canada | Vacations Lump Sum or Bi-Weekly Payments. Which is Right for You? | Workplace Delegates and Information Liaisons for 2025-2026 | Shine Together in Drummondville

IN THIS ISSUE: Cost-of-Living Adjustment: What it Means for Your Pay | Deadline to Propose Changes to the Beneva Group Insurance Plan | Clarification on First-Aid Certification | Don’t Forget to Renew Your Canadian Dental Care Plan| Professional Improvement Funding Procedures | April 28th Marks th...

03/27/2026

Take a look at the 22nd APPA Colloque, Shine Together, with this photo gallery celebrating two memorable days of exchange and inspiration...more photos to come of day 2!

Take a look back at the 22nd APPA Convention, Shine Together, with this photo gallery celebrating two memorable days of exchange and inspiration.

03/12/2026

Pay Equity Survey! Please fill it out. Use the QR code. The survey is available in English or French (there is a toggle at the top right of the survey). Deadline to fill out the survery is April 2nd!

03/10/2026

🦺 The March 2026 Ensemble Newsletter is here! The latest APPA Newsletter includes important reminders on reporting workplace incidents, hazards, and the steps to follow after an accident.

IN THIS ISSUE: Don't Wait to File a Health & Safety Report: Here's How to do It | Always Send the Union a Copy of Your HS1 Report | Reporting Health & Safety Hazards at Work | Damage to a Personal Item Caused by a Work Accident | The First Aid Responder, a Key Part of Workplace Health & Safety | Flo

03/10/2026

🚨Out of an abundance of caution, all EMSB buildings are closed on Wednesday, March 11. 🚨

This includes all schools, daycares, adult and vocational centres, the EMSB virtual school and the EMSB Administration building.

Please stay safe ❄️!

🚨Par mesure de précaution, tous les bâtiments de la EMSB seront fermés le mercredi 11 mars. 🚨

Cela comprend toutes les écoles, les garderies, les centres pour adultes et les centres de formation professionnelle, l'école virtuelle de la EMSB et le bâtiment administratif de la EMSB.

03/08/2026

À l’occasion de la Journée internationale des droits des femmes, le 8 mars 2026, un appel est lancé à toutes les femmes: Générations deboutte ! pour faire front à ce courant qui s’attaque particulièrement aux droits des femmes, et ce, dans différentes sphères. Ce slogan fait référence au journal Québécoises deboutte ! paru au début des années 1970 et créé par des militantes du Front de libération des femmes du Québec, mouvement qui a posé les bases du féminisme radical. Sous-entendant que les femmes en ont assez enduré, et dans un même esprit qui habite celles d’aujourd’hui, c’est un appel à se lever !

Tout au long de son centenaire, la CSN a mené des luttes, et les femmes y ont contribué depuis le tout début. Aujourd’hui, nous voyons se fragiliser les droits dans le monde du travail et ceux obtenus pour les femmes dans la sphère publique et privée. Un courant idéologique de droite soufflant partout dans le monde remet en question tous les mouvements progressistes qui ont fait avancer les droits sociaux, notamment le syndicalisme pour la classe ouvrière, le féminisme et d’autres mouvements contre la discrimination ou la protection de l’environnement. Sous prétexte que ces mouvements sont allés trop loin, la loi et l’ordre sont un recours.

03/08/2026

We are calling on women of all generations to stand up on March 8, International Women’s Rights Day, against the attacks that are undermining the rights of women in particular across all spheres of life. This year’s theme, Generations, stand up! is a nod to Québécoises deboutte! (women of Québec, stand up!), a newsletter published in the early 1970s by the Front de libération des femmes du Québec, an organization that played a instrumental role in the history of radical feminism in Québec. The implicit message is that, like the women of past generations, women today have endured too much for too long. It is time to rise up!

Throughout its hundred-year history, the CSN has spearheaded many battles, and women have been on the front lines since the beginning. Today, we are seeing the reversal of hard-won rights, including labour rights and the rights of women in public and private life. A worldwide right-wing ideological tide is challenging all the progressive movements that have advanced social rights, including union rights for the working class, feminism, the fight against discrimination and environmental protection. The right is claiming things have gone too far and is pushing law and order

03/03/2026

On March 2, 1961, members of the administrative support staff of the Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal (Montreal Catholic School Commission) met in a general assembly to form their union. Held in the afternoon at Saint-Émile School, this assembly allowed for:

• The officialization of the union’s name as “L’Association professionnelle du personnel administratif de la Commission des Écoles Catholiques de Montréal”;
• The adoption of a first draft of the union’s by-laws and regulations;
• The admission of the first 260 members to have signed their union membership;
• Elections of the first members of the Executive Committee:
o Mr. Jean-Paul Auger, President;
o Mr. Emmanuel Madore, 1st Vice-President;
o Ms Françoise Dubois, 2nd Vice-President;
o Miss Alice Magna, Secretary;
o Mr. Gaétan Daoust, Treasurer;
o Mr. Antonio Michelin and Mr. Lucien Ménard, male directors
o Miss Gabrielle Grondin and Miss Denise Provençal, female directors;
• The adoption of a proposal for the APPA-CECM to submit a request to the Province of Quebec’s Labour Relations Commission to be recognized as the representative of the administrative staff at the CECM;
• The formation of a Constitution Committee;
• The adoption of another proposal to send the Secretary of the Province (Professional Unions Act) a request for incorporation; and finally,
• The adoption of a proposal for affiliation with the Centrale professionnelle des employés de corporations municipales et scolaires, the Conseil central des Syndicats nationaux de Montréal and the Confédération des syndicats nationaux.

65 years later, your union has come a long way and we have fought! Over the years, its members have always been able to brilliantly rise in activism and mobilization to be heard. This rich history is also yours! And now it’s up to you to participate in the writing of the next chapters of this story, for the ideals of the founding members must live on through you!

Happy 65th!

Michel Picard
President of the APPA-CSN