When Québec fell into a deep recession in the early 1980s, the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ) felt compelled to act. Thus, on
March 3, 1983, the FTQ announced the
creation of the Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ),
a
first in the annals of the labour world. Today, the Fonds plays a vital, front-seat role in employment and economic development in Québec, relying on the strength of a vast network of more than 2,100 partner companies across the province and on the solidarity of its more than 583,000 shareholders-owners.
In 2008, on the occasion of its
25th anniversary, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ organized various activities to highlight the event, including
launching a microsite tracing its
milestones. Click here to visit the microsite and learn more about the Fonds’ history. (Web site in French only).