News - Yukon Employees' Union

YEU Celebrates 50 years; 1965-2015

January 26, 2015 7:18 PM

“It is time for an imaginative, courageous, and positive approach to salaries, [and] working conditions.” Bob Smith, YTPSA President 1965 On a Sunday afternoon in late 1965, a group of Yukon civil servants gathered together in the Whitehorse Legion Hall. Having long felt they were not offered the same treatment...

YEU Newsletter, January 2015

January 26, 2015 3:59 PM

Highlights in this issue; 50th Anniversary year, welcome Susan Koser, YEU Unio Advisor, Local Y010 shares to the Communities, Training Calendar & more.Read the full Newsletter here (PDF)

PSAC Launches Online Member Survey

January 22, 2015 11:25 PM

The Public Service Alliance of Canada launches an online membership poll PSAC will soon be conducting an important poll of the membership as part of its ongoing process to ensure that your voices are heard and that your priorities are reflected in the work of our union. Members of the...

Feeding My Family: Boycott North West Company

January 20, 2015 6:55 PM

Yukon Employees’ Union is sharing this post on behalf of our brothers & sisters in northern communities. It’s impossible to comprehend grocery prices such as those shown here. We hope you will join the growing chorus of support and take action to change this punishing reality. It is the responsibility...

Domestic Violence at Work | Canadian Labour Congress

January 19, 2015 5:17 PM

Domestic Violence at Work | Canadian Labour Congress. Canadian employers lose $77.9 million annually due to the direct and indirect impacts of domestic violence, and the costs, to individuals, families and society, go far beyond that. However, we know very little about the scope and impacts of this problem...

Shop Steward Round Table Reboot! Register NOW!

January 12, 2015 2:11 PM

You raised your hand, you were elected…. now what? At YEU, our Shop Stewards & Local Executive members are very important. In fact, without a strong and well educated volunteer base we would have a hard time keeping up with our large and diverse membership. Our staff and Executive are...

Shop Steward Round Table Reboot!

January 05, 2015 7:00 PM

You raised your hand, you were elected…. now what? At YEU, our Shop Stewards & Local Executive members are very important. In fact, without a strong and well educated volunteer base we would have a hard time keeping up with our large and diverse membership. Our staff and Executive are...

Here’s looking at YEU in 2015; thanks for a great 2014!

December 31, 2014 9:09 PM

This has been a busy year. We have welcomed workers into the YEU Hall from four new bargaining units. These, our newest members, have made the sometimes difficult decision to pursue unionization as a means to an equitable workplace. 2014 saw us announce the certification of Help & Hope for Families...

YEU Newsletter; December 2014

December 31, 2014 12:54 PM

Highlights in this issue: Human Rights Speaker Series, a look forward to 2015, Shop Steward training resumes, welcome Christie Harper, new YEU Advisor.Read the complete newsletter HERE (pdf)

Doing the Pronoun Dance with Chase Blodgett

December 31, 2014 12:32 PM

During the YEU’s recent Human Rights Speaker Series, YEU was happy to welcome Yukon Trans* man Chase Blodgett to our hall to give a presentation. Invited by the PSAC’s very active Pride Committee, Chase walked us all through the complicated world he is navigating as he completes paperwork, plays hockey...