SGEU's Shiftwork Committee has produced a poster that features a vibrant, full colour original illustration depicting the issues that are most important to those who work non-standard hours. The poster offers shift workers strategies to help them find a balance in their lives. The poster is available to SGEU members. Contact cmoore [at] sgeu [dot] org.
Equality Day is celebrated across Canada on April 17 to mark the coming into force of the equality provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on April 17, 1985.
NDP Employment critic Cam Broten questioned why the Wall government chose to cut funding from several labour force development programs in their recent budget.
NUPGE president James Clancy says the acrimonious U.S.health care debate offers a welcome reminder that Canada’s national Medicare program is a triumph of both values and economics.
Like Canada's Westray tragedy in 1992, the deaths of 25 coal miners in West Virginia could have been prevented with tougher laws to crack down on negligent corporate operators.
Income inequality has been growing in Canada, but it's even worse for Aboriginal peoples. For every dollar non-Aboriginals earned in 2006, Aboriginal peoples earned only 70 cents – a slight narrowing from 1996 when it was 56 cents for every dollar.
In co-operation with Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada (MADD), SGEU is airing our "Innocent" television ad over the next two weeks promoting the value of public liquor store workers to our communities.
The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union announced today the successful ratification of a deal between its Public Service Sector and the government.
The tentative agreement, announced last month included wage increases of 1.5%, 2%, and 2% along with employment security.
NUPGE president James Clancy says decision by United Nations body 'damages the human rights reputation of both the province and the Canadian government.'
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has issued a stinging rebuke to the government of Saskatchewan, primarily over two pieces of anti-labour legislation adopted in 2008 (Bills 5 and 6).
The Public Service Alliance of Canada condemns the Harper government’s decision to close Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax. The union maintains that the closure of the three offices will make it substantially harder for individuals from marginalized groups to launch human rights complaints.
The Saskatchewan Party Government is winding down our broadcast Crown Corporation, as more proof of its commitment to destroy the Crowns despite assurances it will not.
The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour is unimpressed with the provincial government’s deficit budgeting and is questioning the government’s motives behind its fiscal strategy.
Saskatchewan Budget 2010: Quality of our public services sure to suffer
Brad Wall stated that this year’s budget would lead Saskatchewan down “a different path.” Unfortunately, in a manner that is far too reminiscent of other conservative governments, the Saskatchewan Party has decided to make the public service bear the brunt of the government’s financial miscalculations.
The provincial government's plan to cut the public service by 15 per cent over the next four years is a short-sighted measure that will put public safety at risk, according to the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union (SGEU).
"The government's intention, announced in today's budget, to cut jobs by four per cent every year for four years, by not filling vacancies due to retirements, is ill-conceived, unworkable and unsustainable," said SGEU President Bob Bymoen.
