List of trade unions in Quebec
Pie chart depicting union affiliation for every unionized Quebecer. The FTQ is the most populous union by far with 600,000 members.
This is a list of trade unions in Quebec, Canada.
Trade union centres
Name
Activity sector
Members
Website
Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ)
Aérospatiale , Insurance , Automotive industry , Bakery , Retail , Communications , Construction , Énergie , Enseignement , Entretien ménager, Finance , Hospitality industry , Printing , Metallurgy , Paper mill , chemicals and electrical, Health , Sécurity , Public sector , Textile and Clothing , Telecommunication , Transport [ 1]
~ 600,000[ 1]
www.ftq.qc.ca
Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)
Centre de la petite enfance , Retail , Enseignement , Health and Social Services, public and parapublic services .[ 2]
323,586[ 3]
www.csn.qc.ca
Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ)
Communications , Education , Health and Social Services, Public sector[ 4]
126,486[ 3]
www.csq.qc.net
Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (CSD)
Manufacturing
73,500[ 3]
www.csd.qc.ca
FTQ-affiliated federations
Name
Activity sector
Unités de base
Members in Quebec
Canadian Union of Public Employees (SCFP)
Communications, Social Services, Education, Hydro-Québec, Local municipality , Air transport, Public transport[ 5]
500 affiliated unions [ 5]
111,000[ 5]
UNIFOR Québec
Aérospatial, Aluminerie, Communication, Énergie, Papier, Télécommunications, Transformation du bois, Transport[ 6]
33 affiliated unions [ 7]
55,000[ 8]
FTQ-Construction
Construction
17 sections locales
69,914
Syndicats des Métallos
Insurance, Energy, Finance, Hospitality industry, Printing, Metallurgy, Iron Mining, Furniture, Paper mill, chemicals and electrical, Recycling, Sécurity, Textile and Clothing , Telecommunications , Transports et manutention
200 affiliated unions[ 9]
59,000[ 10]
United Food and Commercial Workers (TUAC)
Alimentation , Insurance , Retail , Finance , Hospitality industry , Printing, Restaurants , Health , Security , Textile and Clothing, Telecommunications, Transports
5 affiliated unions
45,000[ 10]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Food , Laundry room , Cement , Hospitality industry, Pharmaceutical industry , Manufacturing , Restauration, Textile and Clothing, Transports
6 affiliated unions
35,000[ 10]
Public Service Alliance of Canada (AFPC)
Public service and Security
23 affiliated unions
35,800[ 10]
Syndicat québécois des employées et employés de service (SQEES-298)
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16,500[ 10]
Association internationale des machinistes et des travailleurs et travailleuses de l’aérospatiale
Aerospace (AIMTA)
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15,000[ 10]
Syndicat des employées et employés professionnels-les et de bureau (SEPB)
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14,000[ 10]
Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes (STTP)
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10,500[ 10]
Union des employés et employées de service (UES-800)
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11,100[ 10]
Institut professionnel de la fonction publique du Canada
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Union des artistes (UDA)
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7,400 membres actifs 4,000 stagiaires[ 10]
Syndicat international des travailleurs et travailleuses de la boulangerie, confiserie, tabac et meunerie (SITBCTM)
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6,000[ 10]
Guilde des musiciens et musiciennes du Québec (GMMQ)
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3,000[ 10]
Syndicat des pompiers et pompières du Québec (SPQ)
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3,800[ 10]
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (AIEST)
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1,800[ 10]
Union internationale des travailleurs du verre, mouleurs, poterie, plastique et autres (VMP)
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800[ 10]
Syndicat des travailleurs (euses) en télécommunications (STT)
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Fraternité des travailleurs et travailleuses du préhospitalier du Québec (FTPQ- 592)
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CSN-affiliated federations
Public sector federations
Name
Activity sector
Base units
Members
Fédération nationale des enseignantes et enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ)
Education (Cégeps )
101 affiliated unions[ 11]
34,000[ 11]
Fédération des employées et employés de services publics (FEESP)
Public function
425 affiliated unions [ 12]
60,000[ 12]
Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux (FSSS)
Health, Centres de la petite enfance, youth centers
130,000[ 13]
Fédération des professionnèles (FS)
Legal Aid, Education, Health and Social Services, Communautaire et économie sociale, Government Agencies, Sociétés publiques
61 affiliated unions [ 14]
8,000[ 15]
Private sector federations
CSQ-affiliated federations
CSD-affiliated federations
Independent Unions
References
See also