With each new Tentative Agreement, the Yukon Employees’ Union bargaining team heads out on the highway to talk to members. Across the Territory, meetings are held so members can ask questions about the proposed deal and learn what changes the bargaining team has negotiated on their behalf. DO NOT MISS...
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Dear Friends & Comrades: For years, the terms Brother and Sister have been used by unionists to call together our community. Through the work of many trans activists and the push by YEU/PSAC to include trans members in all aspects of our organization, we’ve begun to recognize the inherent exclusivity...
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Dear Friends & Comrades:For years, the terms Brother and Sister have been used by unionists to call together our community. Through the work of many trans activists and the push by YEU/PSAC to include trans members in all aspects of our organization, we’ve begun to recognize the inherent exclusivity of...
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TO: YEU members of all YG Locals; Y010, Y017, Y028, Y034, Y035April 29, 2016Your YEU Bargaining Team met with the employer’s team April 26-28th. While significant progress was made on a number of issues, the parties remain far apart on key proposals affecting the safety and health of Yukoners and our...
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Used with permission by Ricardo Levins Morales, artist. May Day is celebrated by millions around the world as International Worker’s Day. A national public holiday in many countries, it has come to be known as the original Labour Day and honours both the contributions of workers and the achievements of...
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It’s time for Yukon’s legislation to catch up.The Ontario legislature has unanimously passed a bill making it easier for first responders with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to receive workers’ compensation benefits.Under old Ontario legislation (similar to current Yukon law), first responders diagnosed with PTSD were required to prove to the WCB...
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In this issue: International Workers’ Day, YEU’s new Shop Steward Coordinator, Whitehorse Connects, YEU Bargaining Updates, So Long for now Dave Muir, YG Contract Ratification Tour 2016, Training, Meetings, Yukon’s Union Advantage
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In the last few years YEU has seen a marked increase in the number of workers employed by non-profit groups who wish to organize their workplaces.YEU does not have an organizing budget or organizing staff and we don’t go out into workplaces looking to organize them. Workers come to us...
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Yukon Employees’ Union and the Public Service Commission have partnered to help make it easy for unsigned members to sign a union card. Over the next few weeks, unsigned members can expect to see a union card in their internal mail. Delivered by the PSC, these can be signed and...
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