News - Yukon Employees' Union

Unions critical to maintain equality

May 12, 2014 7:06 PM

Inequality increases as unions declineStatistical evidence supports the view that incountries in which inequality increased, thiswas primarily the result of the decline in theimportance and bargaining power of organizedlabour.• UN Report, 2005

Help & Hope for Families Society ratifies 1st Agreement!

May 09, 2014 9:02 AM

Many Rivers reaches tentative agreement; Press Release

May 07, 2014 10:25 AM

Day of Mourning, April 28th

April 28, 2014 6:16 PM

Come light a candle to honor and remember those injured or killed on the job. Today, April 28th at 12:30 pm. Lobby, Yukon Main Administration Building. You and I will keep each other safe.

Yukon Government lays off staff, seeks to privatize survey jobs.

April 25, 2014 4:52 PM

YG Privatizes Surveying Jobs: YEU Press Release

April 25, 2014 10:24 AM

Vote NOW on Canada’s new UNFair Elections Act

April 23, 2014 10:21 PM

Visit the YEU booth at the Yukon Trade Show May 2 – 4th and pick up your copy of this postcard. Send one to your MLA and one to Mr. Harper; let them know how you feel about this proposed legislation.

YEU launches The Union Billboard blog!

April 22, 2014 1:04 PM

YEU is excited to announce the launch of a new blog featuring articles by staff, volunteers, activists, Local members & Committees. We urge you to visit regularly, to follow the blog and to consider contributing information, links and story ideas. We will feature articles from our newsletter in a format...

Auxiliary on Call; a Tough Gig

April 17, 2014 4:22 PM

It sounds great; work when you want & take time off when you need it – plenty of flexibility and the freedom to make work fit your life. It’s a great arrangement for some, but working as an Auxilliary-On-Call or AOC for the Yukon Government can be tough and unpredictable.Over 700...

Building Hope in the Highlands of Guatemala

April 16, 2014 11:14 PM

My name is Steve Geick and I am the President of Yukon Employees’ Union. We are a component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada in Whitehorse Yukon, representing approximately 5000 members across the Yukon Territory of Canada. In March I traveled to Guatemala with a group of Canadian volunteers...