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Women and children in crisis abandoned by Saskatchewan government
09 March 10

Cutting Saskatoon's Domestic Abuse Outreach Program means that more vulnerable women and children will have to face the fear and trauma of family violence on their own, according to the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union (SGEU).

Report on Bargaining: Tentative agreement for Public Service, vote being held
04 March 10

 The Public Service Bargaining Council has endorsed a tentative agreement to take to the membership for ratification.

Read the full Report on Bargaining here.

Schedule of ratification meetings here.

Tentative Agreement Reached in Public Service
26 February 10

SGEU has reached a tentative agreement with the Public Service Commission on behalf of its 10,000 member public service bargaining unit.

The parties have agreed to not release details of the agreement pending ratification of the agreement by the membership of SGEU. Therefore SGEU representatives will not be making public comments at this time.

SGEU Public Service recognizes ongoing need in Haiti; donates to relief effort
23 February 10

SGEU’s Public Service Sector announced today it will donate $23,000 towards the Haitian relief efforts said Barry Nowoselsky, chair of the Public Service Bargaining Committee.

Saskatchewan people lose out as government privatizes services
17 February 10

Privatizing information technology services within the provincial government will benefit private business owners, but is a losing proposition for the people of Saskatchewan, according to SGEU.

Health employers present disgraceful offer and cancel conciliation
27 January 10

Conciliation talks on behalf of 25,000 health care providers in the province collapsed this afternoon after the Saskatchewan government and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) presented a “take it or leave it offer” to conciliator Doug Forseth, cancelled bargaining dates and then contacted the media.

SGEU health care providers support strike action
23 December 09

For immediate release                 December 23, 2009


SGEU members vote in favour of job action to support provincial health care provider bargaining

Health care provider unions willing to consider conciliation
02 December 09

The three unions representing 25,000 health care providers in Saskatchewan are willing to consider mutually agreed to options such as conciliation in an effort to move contract negotiations forward.

Improvements welcomed, but crisis still exists in child welfare system
12 November 09

The child welfare system in Saskatchewan is still in crisis, but some improvements have been made since SGEU publicly raised concerns a year ago about risks faced by children in the care of the Ministry, says the union that represents front-line staff.

"Any change that means a child will be safer is a change for the better, so the news that there has been a decrease in the number of children living in overcrowded foster homes is welcome" said SGEU president Bob Bymoen, in response to the release of the Children's Advocate Progress Report on foster home overcrowding.

Health providers rally at Legislature for fair treatment
26 October 09

Hundreds of health care providers from across the province rallied at the Legislature today to call for fair and equitable treatment from the government and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) in the face of protracted contract talks.

SAHO’s monetary offer “insulting”
21 September 09

“Our members have waited 17 months to see a reasonable monetary offer from SAHO – and following today’s bargaining meeting, they’re still waiting,” says Bonnie Erickson, Negotiating Committee Chair for SGEU. “It’s very discouraging.”

Government challenged to make public its plans for Western Economic Partnership
09 September 09

The Saskatchewan Party government has a moral obligation to make public its intentions regarding a proposed Western Economic Partnership deal that is on the table at the upcoming meeting between cabinet ministers from B. C., Alberta and Saskatchewan, according to SGEU.

SGEU defends members' rights to bargain collectively: Unfair Labour Practice
31 August 09

SGEU, the union that represents some 11,000 provincial government workers is taking action to defend those members' rights to bargain collectively, in the face of sweeping restrictions imposed by the Saskatchewan government's essential services legislation.

Seventeen months for a wage offer!
19 August 09

Seventeen months after contracts expired:SAHO says it will be ready to make an "initial" wage offer in another month!

Health provider unions disappointed in lack of progress
27 July 09

The unions representing health provider workers in the province are announcing their extreme disappointment with the lack of progress at their respective bargaining tables during contract negotiations last week.

SGEU convention in Prince Albert: Focus on the value of public services and the pitfalls of privatization
11 April 09

Learning about the pitfalls of privatization and public-private-partnerships (P3s), and strategizing to challenge them, will be some of many tasks taken on by approximately 250 SGEU members when they gather in Prince Albert for the union's 95th convention.

SGEU raises concerns about move to home delivery of alcohol
31 March 09

The union that represents workers in the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) is concerned that the government's decision to expand liquor sales through home delivery will make it easier for underage youth and others who should not be drinking to access alcohol.

Flawed essential services process a waste of resources
23 March 09

Too much time and too many resources are being diverted from the province's health care system to deal with the Saskatchewan government's flawed essential services legislation, according to SGEU.

Some jobs lost, but new positions created in budget
17 March 09

While SGEU is pleased that today's provincial budget adds some new front-line positions to several different ministries, the union is concerned that 31 people will be losing their jobs.

Promise of improved resources and training positive step in corrections
11 March 09

SGEU welcomes the government's stated intention to increase resources, staff training, and security measures in the correctional system as a response to the high-profile inmate escape from the Regina Correctional Centre last August.