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SGEU Sounds Alarm on Leadership Crisis at Saskatchewan Polytechnic

REGINA, SK - The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU), representing over 750 professional services members at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, is…

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SGEU Questions Why Workers Are Continually Expected To Do More With Less

SGEU Questions Why Workers Are Continually Expected To Do More With Less

REGINA, SK – In response to the Government of Saskatchewan’s 2026-2027 Provincial Budget, Saskatchewan Government & General Employees’ Union (SGEU) questions why workers are continually expected to do more with less. The…

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ISC and SGEU Local 2214 reach new five-year collective agreement

ISC and SGEU Local 2214 reach new five-year collective agreement

REGINA - Information Services Corporation (TSX:ISC) (ISC or the Company) and the Saskatchewan Government & General Employees’ Union (SGEU) announced today that the membership of SGEU Local 2214 has ratified a new collective…

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CBO crisis: Unions call on government to act now

CBO crisis: Unions call on government to act now

REGINA - Today, CUPE, SEIU-West, and SGEU met with Minister of Social Services Terry Jenson to address urgent challenges facing Saskatchewan’s community-based organization (CBO) sector. These workers deliver vital services to vulnerable…

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Underfunded and overlooked: Saskatchewan’s CBOs in crisis

Underfunded and overlooked: Saskatchewan’s CBOs in crisis

SASKATCHEWAN - Today on CBO Workers Appreciation Day, CUPE, SEIU-West, and SGEU, unions representing people in over 80 community-based organizations (CBOs) across Saskatchewan, are united in their call for immediate meaningful change in the…

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Health providers come to legislature to call for better workplaces and better health care

Health providers come to legislature to call for better workplaces and better health care

REGINA - Saskatchewan’s Health Provider Unions came to the legislature today to call for a new contract. Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Service Employees International Union-West (SEIU-WEST), and the…

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SGEU responds to bookstore closures at Saskatchewan Polytechnic campuses

SGEU responds to bookstore closures at Saskatchewan Polytechnic campuses

PRINCE ALBERT – The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) is condemning the closure of the bookstores at the Prince Albert and Moose Jaw campuses of the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Institute. SGEU represents the…

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SGEU responds to ISC strategic review and threats of privatization and layoffs

SGEU responds to ISC strategic review and threats of privatization and layoffs

REGINA – Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) President Tracey Sauer has responded to the Information Services Corporation’s (ISC’s) announcement of a “strategic…

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SGEU makes donation to wildfire-stricken Denare Beach

SGEU makes donation to wildfire-stricken Denare Beach

DENARE BEACH – The Saskatchewan Government & General Employees’ Union (SGEU) has made a donation of $10,000 to the Denare Beach Volunteer Fire Service, presented by SGEU President Tracey Sauer. Along with several SGEU…

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SGEU President: tobacco revenue broken promise a “slap in the face”

SGEU President: tobacco revenue broken promise a “slap in the face”

REGINA – Saskatchewan Government & General Employees’ Union (SGEU) President Tracey Sauer made the following statement in response to Finance Minister Jim Reiter’s announcement that the province’s $700 million share…

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SGEU to send supplies to members fighting Saskatchewan wildfires

SGEU to send supplies to members fighting Saskatchewan wildfires

PRINCE ALBERT – The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) leadership will be driving a trailer full of supplies to aid their members and others who are fighting the wildfires that are currently threatening…

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Breast cancer screening expansion needs to match with staffing

Breast cancer screening expansion needs to match with staffing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2025 REGINA – Tracey Sauer, president of the Saskatchewan Government & General Employees’ Union (SGEU), is calling on the provincial government to ensure that the expansion of breast cancer…

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SGEU president calls for forest fire action from government

SGEU president calls for forest fire action from government

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2025 REGINA – The president of the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union (SGEU), Tracey Sauer, has called on the Saskatchewan government to take further action to combat the forest fires…

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Provincial budget fails to deliver on the needs of Saskatchewan workers

Provincial budget fails to deliver on the needs of Saskatchewan workers

March 19, 2025 For immediate release REGINA – Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) President Tracey Sauer is expressing disappointment in Wednesday’s provincial budget and questioning its lack of…

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“I Had Some Help”: SGEU raises over $20,000 to support Hope’s Home in Swinging with the Stars fundraiser

“I Had Some Help”: SGEU raises over $20,000 to support Hope’s Home in Swinging with the Stars fundraiser

On Saturday, February 1, SGEU president Tracey Sauer sported a red sequined jacket and took to the stage in the 7th annual Hope’s Home Swinging for the Stars fundraiser in Regina, where she helped raise over $20,000 in support of the…

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