News - Yukon Employees' Union

Isn’t it Time for Gender Free Union Solidarity?

June 01, 2016 1:53 PM

Dear Friends & Comrades:For years, the terms Brother and Sister have been used by unionists to call together our community. Through the work of many trans activists and the push by YEU/PSAC to include trans members in all aspects of our organization, we’ve begun to recognize the inherent exclusivity of...

April 29 2016 YG Bargaining Update

April 29, 2016 2:51 PM

TO: YEU members of all YG Locals; Y010, Y017, Y028, Y034, Y035April 29, 2016Your YEU Bargaining Team met with the employer’s team April 26-28th. While significant progress was made on a number of issues, the parties remain far apart on key proposals affecting the safety and health of Yukoners and our...

May 1, International Workers’ Day

April 29, 2016 2:32 PM

Used with permission by Ricardo Levins Morales, artist. May Day is celebrated by millions around the world as International Worker’s Day. A national public holiday in many countries, it has come to be known as the original Labour Day and honours both the contributions of workers and the achievements of...

PTSD & Work: The Link is Clear

April 08, 2016 4:09 PM

It’s time for Yukon’s legislation to catch up.The Ontario legislature has unanimously passed a bill making it easier for first responders with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to receive workers’ compensation benefits.Under old Ontario legislation (similar to current Yukon law), first responders diagnosed with PTSD were required to prove to the WCB...

YEU Newsletter, April 2016

April 04, 2016 10:04 AM

In this issue: International Workers’ Day, YEU’s new Shop Steward Coordinator, Whitehorse Connects, YEU Bargaining Updates, So Long for now Dave Muir, YG Contract Ratification Tour 2016, Training, Meetings, Yukon’s Union Advantage Download PDF version HERE

Non-Profits & Yukon Employees’ Union: A Note from the President’s Desk

March 30, 2016 9:12 AM

In the last few years YEU has seen a marked increase in the number of workers employed by non-profit groups who wish to organize their workplaces.YEU does not have an organizing budget or organizing staff and we don’t go out into workplaces looking to organize them. Workers come to us...

Not Yet a Signed Member? A Union Card is in the Mail.

March 07, 2016 10:03 AM

Yukon Employees’ Union and the Public Service Commission have partnered to help make it easy for unsigned members to sign a union card. Over the next few weeks, unsigned members can expect to see a union card in their internal mail. Delivered by the PSC, these can be signed and...

International Women’s Day 2016 #PledgeForParity

March 04, 2016 3:30 PM

International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day – observed globally, also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. IWD has been observed since the early 1900’s – a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw...

Congratulations! Teegatha ‘Oh Zheh Workers Ratify 1st Contract

March 03, 2016 2:42 PM

YEU Newsletter, February 2016

February 08, 2016 10:44 AM

In this issue: International Women’s Day March 8, Shop Steward Drive, PSAC Regional Women’s Committee Prize Draw, Yukon Women in Trades & Technology, Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre 40th Anniversary, Domestic Violence & the Workplace Download PDF version HERE View complete newsletter online HERE