News - Yukon Employees' Union

YEU Raises Alarm over Conditions at Whitehorse Emergency Shelter

December 11, 2020 2:26 PM

YEU Leadership and staff have been working for some time to address health and safety concerns raised by workers at the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter. The building and service programming was taken over by the Government of Yukon in January 2019 when the Salvation Army was unable to fulfill the facility's...

This Union Will Keep Challenging Racism.

October 29, 2020 11:41 AM

Unions are, by their very nature, political organizations. We advocate for workers’ rights, we fight institutional systems that oppress, and we strive to advance social causes that benefit our society. That means sometimes you might not like what we're doing. That means sometimes our political stance on an issue will...

YEU Supports YG Preferential Hire Policy

October 28, 2020 11:29 AM

Yukon Employees’ Union Supports Preferential Hire of Yukon First Nation and Indigenous People The Yukon Employee’s Union (YEU) understands that the September 28, 2020 announcement by the Government of Yukon of a preferential hiring pilot program for Yukon First Nations/Canadians of Aboriginal Ancestry has come as a surprise to some...

Yukon Hospitals are Bleeding Out

October 19, 2020 12:28 PM

Media Release - October 19, 2020 Staffing Levels Reach Critical Lows. Four members of the Whitehorse General Hospital’s nursing staff resigned in one 12-hour period earlier last week, citing “deplorable working conditions”. While damning, these resignations are merely symptoms of a system on the verge of collapse. Doctors, surgeons and...

Racism, Alive & Thriving in Canada

October 16, 2020 2:31 PM

Racism in Canada is alive and thriving, our differences magnified in an environment of seething animosity between the left and the right. If you don’t see racism, never saw it and can’t believe it exists, chances are your skin colour has never been a barrier to your safety or success....

YEU Newsletter, October 2020

October 07, 2020 3:55 PM

In this issue: Local Y025 Yukon Hospital Workers Negotiating for Safe Hospitals, Healthy Staff Introducing new Executive Director Michelle Parsons A Message from the President, Steve Geick Update Exciting new Benefits for YEU/PSAC Members YEU Behind the Scenes - what your Labour Relations Advisors have been fighting for lately. Learn...

YEU Labour Day Message for 2020

September 02, 2020 5:17 PM

Labour Day 2020 is almost upon us and celebrating the power of workers is perhaps more important this year than any other. Honoring the contributions of the working class and standing in solidarity with one another may be among the most valuable outcomes of this difficult year. We usually celebrate...

YEU Covid-19 Update for Members - Aug 21

August 21, 2020 11:13 AM

We’re still hearing a lot of Health & Safety concerns from our members around COVID. It is imperative that you let your OH&S committees know your concerns, fill out an incident form or use whatever mechanism exists in your workplace. It’s equally important that you let YEU know so that...

YEU Covid-19 Member Update July 24

July 24, 2020 1:43 PM

On June 26th I encouraged YG members to use Article 26.05, Casual Leave to meet family obligations resulting from Covid policies, school closures and the like. We had early, positive conversations with the employer paving the way for use of this article to allow workers to juggle family realities in...

YEU Covid-19 Update for Members - June 16

June 16, 2020 3:56 PM

Black Lives Matter Here. Indigenous Lives Matter Here. Yukon Employees’ Union and our members can play an important role in fighting racism together. To do that, my job, and that of white folks is to step out of the way and make space for the voices of people who face racism...