News - Yukon Employees' Union

Government of Yukon Workers: Bargaining Input is now open.

April 07, 2015 8:38 PM

If you work for the Government of Yukon, your contract is due to be renegotiated. YOU can help craft your next agreement. YOU help determine the priorities of your bargaining team. YOU choose your Bargaining Team! GET INVOLVED! Is there something that has driven you crazy about your collective agreement?...

What do Your Union Dues Buy?

April 02, 2015 9:31 PM

We won’t give a big loud sales pitch, but YEU has something really good over here and we want to be sure you know about it. Unions are funny fish; it’s hard to quantify what you’re going to get when you buy in and become a member. What you can...

YEU Newsletter, March 2015

March 24, 2015 9:26 AM

Highlights in this issue; YG Bargaining Input to begin in April 2015, Bill C-51, Discipline for Off-duty misconduct, Shop Steward Conference follow-up and more.Read the complete newsletter HERE (PDF)

Straight Talk: Off Duty Online Harassment may cost your JOB!

March 05, 2015 7:53 PM

“OMG – did you see Sarah’s outfit today? Looks like she got dressed in the dark again!” “Office romance alert: it looks like Mr. Shiny-Shoes is cheating on his wife with Ms. Short-Skirts!!” “All women are cheaters!” We’ve all heard of cyber-bullying and online harassment through social media. Did you...

Yukon Employees’ Union: Yukon, Born & Raised

February 24, 2015 12:53 AM

In November of 1965, Yukon’s civil servants were among the few remaining Canadian government employees lacking any form of unionized association. On a Sunday afternoon in late 1965, this union was founded by a dedicated few who sought fair equity and representation for themselves at a time when their government...

YEU Newsletter, February 2015

February 19, 2015 3:03 PM

Highlights in this issue; More from the Vault, Training opportunities, Call your Union… it’s okay! Tony Thomas, YEU VP, Communities and more.Read the complete newsletter HERE (PDF)

Web Links, Weirdness & Wild Times OR how to register for the YEU/PSAC Shop Steward Conference!

February 18, 2015 6:52 PM

Hello friends. If you have been trying to register for our Shop Steward Training Conference March 10-11 and have been frustrated by bad links in the email or Facebook post PLEASE accept our apologies. At the end of January our website was transferred from one host to another… and that’s...

Call your Union…it’s really OKAY!

February 02, 2015 6:07 PM

We often hear fear in peoples’ voices when they phone the union hall for the first time. There’s a hushed voice at the other end of the line, reluctant to make the call, afraid of negative repercussions. We ask for a name and there’s a pause… a beat while the...

I need to update my address with YEU AGAIN?!

January 29, 2015 12:37 AM

Have you recently moved, gotten married or divorced, changed your name or gender? Did you know that Canada’s privacy laws do not allow your employer to pass on any updates to your info? If you are receiving union newsletters at an old address, please make sure you call us or...

YEU Celebrates 50 years; 1965-2015

January 26, 2015 7:18 PM

“It is time for an imaginative, courageous, and positive approach to salaries, [and] working conditions.” Bob Smith, YTPSA President 1965 On a Sunday afternoon in late 1965, a group of Yukon civil servants gathered together in the Whitehorse Legion Hall. Having long felt they were not offered the same treatment...