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Community-Based Organization Workers’ Conference November 5 & 6, 2015 This year the Community-Based Organization (CBO) Workers’ Conference, held in Regina, was attended by 35 members from SEIU-West and SGEU. Those in attendance were…

Members of SGEU, CUPE and UNIFOR joined SEIU-West at an Own It! rally Dec. 15 to let Labour Minister Don Morgan, Premier Brad Wall and their guests know that Saskatchewan people do not support the government’s privatization agenda.…

Solidarity with striking UFCW Best Western workers SGEU members Muna De Ciman, Jas McConnell, and Judy Kobsar recently joined a picket line outside Regina's Best Western Seven Oaks, to show solidarity with striking United Food and Commercial…

SGEU offers condolences to La Loche and gratitude to its members on the frontlines SGEU wishes to offer its sincere condolences to the community of La Loche, and to those in the surrounding area affected by last week’s tragedy. We are…

Shelley Mandin bargaining chair of the Battlefords Trade and Education Centre (BTEC) bargaining unit presents a cheque for $500 to Mona Leece, BTEC executive director from SGEU’s CSS sector. The cheque is for BTEC's building fund. BTEC is…

For-profit blood clinic planning to open in Saskatoon A private company that pays people to “donate” blood is set to open the first for-profit plasma donation clinic in the country, right here in Saskatchewan. Health Minister Dustin Duncan…

Regina Mobile Crisis Services’ unionized workers – members of SGEU's Community Based Organization bargaining unit – will hold an information picket to express frustration with the lack of progress at the bargaining table. Crisis Workers…

Click here for a printable version.  Crisis Workers shouldn’t work alone Clients and their communities deserve better  When are frontline Crisis Workers at Regina Mobile Crisis Services working alone? Since the spring of 2013, there…

Government's Costly Proposal for Liquor Retailing The privatization of liquor sales would be an extremely expensive mistake, costing Saskatchewan hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue, according to a new report by the Canadian…

Liquor Privatization Harms Small-Town Saskatchewan Download the full report In summer 2014, Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) privatized four small town liquor stores in Ituna, Kerrobert, Langenburg and Ponteix. These full-line…

Crisis workers make a difference Find out how crisis workers make a difference in people's lives. SGEU's new video series features crisis workers in Saskatoon, Prince Albert, and Regina explaining the important support they provide to…

Welcome to the 2016 SGEU Convention! Here you will find daily updates on convention. Check daily for photos, videos, member features and convention activities.   Daily Digest April 22, 2016 Daily Digest April 23, 2016