At the adjournment of the parliamentary commission, the Syndicat des employés manuels de la Ville de Québec (CUPE 1638) orally invited Minister of Labour Jean Boulet to attend one of the union’s general membership meetings.
“We were taken aback by how candidly in the committee the Minister of Labour admitted not knowing enough about how union meetings are run,” said Luc Boissonneault, president of CUPE 1638.
“Let us repeat, Minister Boulet,” said the union president, “you are welcome to come to a general membership meeting—a union’s supreme authority. Come see what direct democracy looks like!”
Union members were flabbergasted to learn that the minister lacks knowledge about general meetings yet takes the liberty of legislating in ways that would impose a panoply of governance procedures, which, for the most part, exist already.
“Let us know when you’re available and we’ll convene our members,” concluded Boissonneault.