News - Yukon Employees' Union

Unions feed the PEOPLE! Join us for a FREE Labour Day BBQ!

August 26, 2014 11:46 PM

Local Y010 and many other Labour groups will be flipping burgers and shucking corn Monday September 1st, celebrating Labour Day in Shipyards Park! Each year YEU’s largest local sponsors a massive community feast, inviting everyone to join the party. There’s free food, entertainment, old time games for the kids, a...

YEU Newsletter, August 2014

August 20, 2014 10:57 AM

Highlights in this issue: YE-Unity helps fill Food Bank Shelves; PSAC Regional Women’s Cttee; Member of the Month Gro Brodersen, PSAC Union Development Program, Top 10 Reasons NOT to Join a Union.Read the complete Newsletter HERE, PDF

The Food Bank Challenge… look what we DID!!

August 14, 2014 7:18 PM

When Whitehorse Food Bank‘s Executive Director Stephen Dunbar-Edge told CBC reporter Sandi Coleman things were looking bad he wasn’t kidding; the shelves were dangerously bare and emergency food hampers for the 1200 monthly clients were at risk. YEU Local Y010 President Tammi Sikorski heard Stephen’s interview and decided to see...

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Y010 & YEU’s Whitehorse Food Bank Challenge!

July 25, 2014 8:47 PM

The Whitehorse Food Bank is in dire straits; their shelves are bare and they’re having a hard time meeting the needs of hungry Yukon families. Summer is always a lean time of year for the community organization; demand goes up while the supply of food and cash donations goes down.Local...

Standing together for bargaining; YEU supports Treasury Board Bargaining Teams

July 24, 2014 9:14 AM

The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its 100,000 Treasury Board members are at the bargaining table with their federal employers. There are greater than 250,000 public servants represented by 17 unions, all united in a solidarity pact; no one union will give in to the federal government’s concession demands...

July 2014 Newsletter

July 22, 2014 11:36 AM

Highlights in this issue: What is the Duty to Accommodate?, News from Local Y011, Are you a Rand? Straight Talk; Do Unions Protect the Lazy?, CASLRead complete newsletter here: PDFVisit YEU’s blog for more.

Treasury Board bargaining; Why it matters to you.

July 21, 2014 10:51 PM

The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its 100,000 Treasury Board members are at the bargaining table with their federal employers. There are greater than 250,000 public servants represented by 17 unions, all united in a solidarity pact; no one union will give in to the federal government’s concession demands...

What is the Duty to Accommodate or How did THEY get that job?!

July 18, 2014 10:11 PM

Image courtesy of http://uxventure.tumblr.com/ What is the “duty to accommodate”? Human rights legislation protects the right of all workers to be free from discrimination on the basis of a disability. In the workplace this means an employee has the right to be “accommodated” so they can continue to work despite...

Dawson City workers ratify new Collective Agreement

July 18, 2014 10:13 AM

No FAIR! The unfortunate race to the bottom for worker rights.

July 14, 2014 11:57 PM

Imagine a school lunch room – hungry kids eagerly opening lunch boxes and bags, ready to dig in. Over at a corner table, a group of kids sit with meager lunches; some have nothing to eat at all. When you consider this image it’s not hard to imagine how you’d...