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		<title>April 2026 Newsletter &#124; Spring is Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IN THIS ISSUE: Cost-of-Living Adjustment: What it Means for Your Pay &#124; Deadline to Propose Changes to the Beneva Group Insurance Plan &#124; Clarification on First-Aid Certification &#124; Don’t Forget to Renew Your Canadian Dental Care Plan&#124; Professional Improvement Funding Procedures &#124; April 28th Marks the International Day of Mourning in Canada &#124; Vacations Lump Sum or Bi-Weekly Payments. Which is Right for You? &#124; Workplace Delegates and Information Liaisons for 2025-2026 &#124; Shine Together in Drummondville]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Info Nego &#8211; Adjustment Clause for 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Statistics Canada released the Consumer Price Index (CPI Quebec) for March 2026. The results confirm that the threshold for triggering the mechanism to protect our purchasing power, reintroduced in our collective agreements by the Common Front, has officially been reached.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2026 APPA Convention Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Take a look at what's happening at the 22nd APPA Convention, Shine Together, with this photo gallery celebrating two memorable days of exchange and inspiration.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>March 2026 Newsletter &#124; Health &#038; Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IN THIS ISSUE: Don't Wait to File a Health &#038; Safety Report: Here's How to do It &#124; Always Send the Union a Copy of Your HS1 Report &#124; Reporting Health &#038; Safety Hazards at Work &#124; Damage to a Personal Item Caused by a Work Accident &#124; The First Aid Responder, a Key Part of Workplace Health &#038; Safety &#124; Flow Chart:  What do to Following a Workplace Incident or Accident]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>INFO RREGOP : A pension plan that continues to perform</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Di Tomaso]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 01:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Retraite Québec has published the results of the most recent fiscal year for the three-year period ending December 31, 2023. The news is encouraging: our pension plan is performing strongly and consistently.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>APPA In the News &#124; Results of Survey on Violence Against Support Staff</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Di Tomaso]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[APPA First VP, Kim Watson was on the news this week commenting on the concerning results of a province wide survey by the FEESP-CSN on violence at work experienced by school support staff.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>October 2025 Ensemble Newsletter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Di Tomaso]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IN THIS ISSUE: Editorial: A Welcome Back Like No Other &#124;The Facts About the Priority of Employment List &#124; Getting to Know the Classification Plan &#124;Can Your Work Schedule Be Changed? Let’s Find Out! &#124;General Assembly for Group Insurance &#124;Union Council Election Results &#124; Supporting Students with Medical Needs &#124;Upcoming Sectoral Meetings: We Want to Hear from You!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inter-Union Joint Committee Formed for Pay Equity Maintenance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Di Tomaso]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the first time in more than 20 years, the 2020-2025 pay equity maintenance exercise will be carried out by a joint maintenance committee, as outlined in the Pay Equity Act, bringing together the employer and labour unions representing the workers. This type of collaborative approach has not been used since the initial assessment in the early 2000s.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In the News: Parents, students and unions join forces to oppose education cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Frustrated by education budget cuts, parents, students, and unions gathered in front of the Ministry of Education in Montreal on Sunday afternoon to voice their concerns, warning that the system is already “running on fumes.”]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Quebec schools opening with less support staff for special needs students after budget cuts</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[School support staff, who work with special needs students, could be one of the hardest hit areas, laments Kim Watson, vice president of the union representing support staff (APPA) at the English Montreal School Board (EMSB).]]></description>
		
		
		
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