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REGINA – SGEU is concerned that Premier Scott Moe is endangering hundreds of workers, along with their families and Saskatchewan communities, by ignoring his own health officials’ advice about how to prioritize correctional…

REGINA – SGEU is calling for Premier Moe to bring in a wage top-up program for all of Saskatchewan’s 40,000 health care workers, by making immediate use of the almost $50 million available in the federal government's essential…

February 1, 2020 REGINA, SK – February is Black History Month, and SGEU recognizes the many contributions Black members and activists have made and are currently making to the labour movement. This year, Black History…

SGEU and Information Services Corporation (ISC) have ratified their collective agreement just over six weeks after a tentative agreement was reached. “We’re thankful that SGEU and ISC have a great working relationship,” said…

January 27th, 2021 / For immediate release REGINA – SGEU is calling for the Sask. Party government to invest in protecting long-term care workers and residents by spending the $31.3 million in federal funding they’ve left on the…

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May 7, 2020 CORRECTIONAL SERVICES APPRECIATION DAY REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed May 7th Correctional Services Appreciation day. This is an opportunity for us all to recognize the important role corrections…

March 18, 2020 Missed opportunity:  SGEU says Saskatchewan government fiscal update does nothing to calm fears Reacting to today’s Saskatchewan Party government fiscal update, the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union…

March 18, 2020 Budget Day statement from SGEU President Bob Bymoen During this critical time, we need to recognize the collective importance of funding public services in our province. We are seeing the consequences of already…

June 4, 2015 The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) is on the move to better serve its members. After more than 50 years, the 20,000-member union is relocating its head office from 1440 Broadway Avenue to 1011…

New evidence proves that costs skyrocket when highways work is transferred from the public to the private sector.  Consulting costs have risen by more than 400 per cent in the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways in the past five years.  And…

Workers and reps call for government accountability delivering promised funding A group of community based workers and their supporting unions are asking the public to empower their quest to find answers surrounding the delivery of promised…

Saskatchewan residents speak out against liquor privatization The people of Saskatchewan are wasting no time accepting an open invitation to send a powerful message to Brad Wall to stop the train of liquor privatization. In just a few weeks,…

Evidence supports enhancing Saskatchewan's public liquor system: SGEU submission to gov't consultation Saskatchewan’s public liquor stores generate millions in profits for the province’s families, and could easily afford to expand and…