News - Yukon Employees' Union

We Wanted a Fair Deal for Christmas...

December 16, 2022 10:57 AM

Our letter to Santa was pretty short; all we wanted for Christmas was a fair deal for all YG workers. What we got was a lump of coal and an invitation to try again in the New Year. We recently updated you on our bargaining sessions held in late November....

All Workers Deserve Fair Treatment

December 06, 2022 9:51 AM

Open Letter to Mr. Michael Hale and Mr. Van Randen: My name is Darcy Kasper, and I am Yukon Employee’s Union, Local Y017 President. I am writing to both of you regarding the recent bonuses given to nurses and concerns with the lack of insight to including other professional areas...

YEU's Community Healthcare Investment fund - Proposal

November 14, 2022 7:59 AM

In the fall of 2021, the Yukon Employees' Union Bargaining Team and our Public Service Alliance of Canada Negotiator met with the employer's team from the Government of Yukon. Proposal packages were exchanged, and we want to highlight one key proposal submitted by the Union. This proposal was developed after...

YEU Newsletter, Fall 2022

November 09, 2022 2:53 PM

In this issue: Yukon Arts Centre Strike Action, YG Bargaining, New Staff at YEU, Local Y017 President Darcy Kasper and more. Download full issue PDF here

YG Bargaining Updates - Community Visits

October 24, 2022 3:46 PM

YG Bargaining Teams are coming to your community! Bargaining Update Meetings are coming to your community soon. Please take note of the meeting dates/times and locations below, and plan to attend. These will all be IN-PERSON sessions, with no zoom capability. For more information, please contact the PSAC Whitehorse Regional...

McPhee Misreads Nurses' Temperature

October 19, 2022 1:52 PM

MEDIA RELEASE19 October 2022 To Recruit and Retain, Improve Wages, not Signing Bonuses Minister McPhee seems misinformed about the nature of consultations with YEU around YG’s proposed bonus package for nurses. The discussions regarding the nursing ‘recruitment package’ proposed by the employer began and ended at the same meeting. The...

Yukon Arts Centre - Tentative Agreement Reached

October 17, 2022 9:24 AM

MEDIA RELEASE 17 October 2022 Yukon Arts Workers Achieve Tentative Deal We’re pleased to announce that after a fruitful weekend’s efforts, members of the YEU/PSAC Local Y021 bargaining team and management have reached a tentative agreement. No details will be available until the membership has reviewed and voted on any proposed...

"We are fighting for Respect!"

October 12, 2022 11:09 AM

"Respect means not asking your employees, no matter how many years they've been with the company, to go back to the starting wage rate.Respect means valuing our years of service.We have members who have been here for 10 plus years. Respect means giving value to their loyalty and hard work."...

Yukon Arts Centre workers take job action today

October 11, 2022 4:48 PM

Yukon Art Centre workers, Local Y021 have TAKEN JOB ACTION today. Public Service Alliance of Canada/Yukon Employees Union Local Y021 members working for the Yukon Arts Centre are taking take a job action today. PSAC served Strike Notice to Yukon Arts Centre on Friday October 7. On September 20th members...

We're Not on Strike Yet But...

October 06, 2022 2:42 PM

On September 20th members of YEU/PSAC Local Y021 - Yukon Arts Centre, voted overwhelmingly to provide the bargaining team with a strike mandate. This means we are in a position to serve 72 hour strike notice and withdraw our services between now and any time within two months (60 days)...