{"id":1770,"date":"2024-04-30T17:14:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T15:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/?post_type=actualite&#038;p=1770"},"modified":"2024-04-30T18:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:51:20","slug":"its-getting-harder-and-harder-to-earn-a-sustainable-income","status":"publish","type":"actualite","link":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/en\/actualites\/its-getting-harder-and-harder-to-earn-a-sustainable-income\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s getting harder and harder to earn a sustainable income"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1770","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"image":1759,"image_tablette":1767,"image_mobile":1769,"push":false,"push_message":"","contenu_flexible":[{"acf_fc_layout":"1_colonne","texte":"[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/04\/revenu-viable-audio-anglais.mp3\"][\/audio]\r\n\r\n<strong>School and higher education support staff<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe disposable income needed to live above the poverty line has risen significantly in 2024.This has a huge impact on keeping school and higher education support staff, who have seen their salaries dip further and further below a sustainable income year after year.\r\n\r\nThe F\u00e9d\u00e9ration du personnel de soutien scolaire (FPSS-CSQ) and the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration du personnel de soutien de l\u2019enseignement sup\u00e9rieur (FPSES-CSQ) are reacting to the publication of the tenth (10th) edition of the sustainable income report from Institut de recherche et d\u2019informations socio\u00e9conomiques (IRIS).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe sustainable incomes required to meet basic needs in Quebec in 2024 are:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>For a person living alone: $36,046 (16.44% more than 2023)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>For a single-parent family of one adult and one child: $50,175 (11.90% more than 2023)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>For a family of two adults and two children: $78,882 (11.83% more than 2023).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFPSS-CSQ President \u00c9ric Pronovost is very concerned: \u201cWe\u2019re not talking about luxury with these incomes. Only the basics are covered: food, clothing, housing, transportation, telephone, insurance, electricity, unforeseen healthcare, and the costs of childcare. Some people can\u2019t even afford a vacation.\u201d\r\n\r\n<strong>Sustainable income<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>When we look at the incomes of school and college support staff, we quickly realize that many live below the average sustainable income.\r\n\r\nHere\u2019s a list of the five <strong>school support staff<\/strong> jobs with the largest shortfalls below the provincial sustainable income level for <strong>a person living<\/strong> <strong>alone:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Student supervisor: (- $26,801)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Daycare educator: (- $16,283)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Attendant for handicapped students: (- $15,332)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Lab attendant: (- $13,583)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Vocational training technician: (- $11,054)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThere are still some <strong>college support staff jobs<\/strong> that, despite being full-time positions, have an income shortfall of over <strong>$7,000<\/strong> for a <strong>single-parent family with one child<\/strong>, when compared to the provincial sustainable income figures. What makes this worse is that a large majority of the workers represented by the FPSES-CSQ live in metropolitan areas, which have seen a 19.3% increase in the disposable income required to live above the poverty line.\r\n\r\n<strong>Jobs with more working hours<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>FPSS-CSQ President \u00c9ric Pronovost says, \u201cWith a job insecurity rate of nearly 70%, it\u2019s not surprising that many of our members do not have sustainable incomes. We need quality jobs with the highest number of working hours to ensure a decent income.\u201d\r\n\r\nHe adds, \u201cA daycare educator who works twenty-six (26) hours a week earns an annual salary of $29,700, and an attendant for handicapped students who works only nineteen (19) hours a week earns an annual income of $20,400, which is clearly not enough to live well.\u201d\r\n\r\n<strong>More attractive jobs elsewhere<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\nFPSES-CSQ President Val\u00e9rie Fontaine says that more attractive jobs are now available in the private sector. \u201cMany of our members, whether in administration, direct student support or manual labor, have resigned their positions to take jobs elsewhere, where they are assured better pay and sometimes even lighter workloads. As a result, colleges are losing valuable expertise and find themselves struggling to fill vacancies. People may love their jobs and they may be able to make a decent living, but that\u2019s the least they can expect when working full-time in the public sector.\u201d\r\n\r\n<strong>Be part of the solution<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn closing, the two union leaders are asking schools and colleges to appreciate their support staff and the important role they play every day in the smooth running of our establishments.","couleur":""}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/1770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualite"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}