Today, the Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ) is revealing the preliminary results of the 16th union vote in the construction industry, which took place June 3–22. Note that the definitive and detailed results will be published only in August, as workers may contest the notice of allegiance that they receive until July 26.
“The union vote is an important democratic exercise,” stated Audrey Murray, CEO of the CCQ. “It enables workers to choose the union association that will represent them for the coming years. The vote will also determine union representativeness – the relative weight of each association – when it is time to ratify the next collective agreements; the current agreements will end on April 30, 2025. I would like to underscore the work by the CCQ’s teams who ensured that the vote ran smoothly and saw to a healthy workplace environment during the raiding and voting periods.”
With counting of the 30,529 ballots received completed, here are the preliminary results regarding union representativeness that will apply starting on September 1:
| Representative association | Preliminary representativeness | Official representativeness (2020) | Change |
| Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (CSD Construction) |
7.569% |
8.720% |
-1.151% |
| Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN-Construction) |
6.005% |
6.105% | -0.100% |
| Conseil provincial du Québec des métiers de la construction (International) | 20.735% |
23.159% |
-2.424% |
| Fédération des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ-Construction) |
44.018% |
43.001% |
1.017% |
| Syndicat québécois de la construction (SQC) |
21.673% |
19.015% |
2.658% |
Participation
There were 211,405 workers called upon to choose their union allegiance, which will be in force until the next vote.
Of this number, 143,306 individuals had the voting status. This status means that their vote was used in the calculation of union representativeness.
The overall participation rate was 14.44%, compared to 15.75% in 2020.
The participation rate of individuals with the status of voter was 16.41%. This was a drop in comparison to the 2020 vote, for which the rate was 17.43%.
It should be noted that workers who did not exercise their right to vote had their union allegiance in force at the time of the vote automatically renewed. This is called “presumption of allegiance.