News - Yukon Employees' Union

PSAC North Convention Call released

October 25, 2013 9:55 AM

The PSAC North 6th Triennial Convention will be held June 6-8, 2014 at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre in Whitehorse under the theme Our Strength: Mobilizing and Fighting Back.While some YEU Locals have begun the delegate selection process, others have yet to select their representatives at this important convention. The...

Fairness WORKS!

October 21, 2013 10:51 AM

The Canadian Labour Congress represents the interests of more than three million affiliated workers in every imaginable occupation from coast to coast to coast. The CLC is the umbrella organization for dozens of affiliated Canadian and international unions, as well as Provincial & Territorial Federations of Labour and regional labour...

Yukon employers to see assessment rate decrease

October 04, 2013 11:38 AM

The Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board will reduce assessment rates for almost every rate group in 2014. This is the fifth consecutive year rates have trended down for most employers. Click WCB Press Release and 2014 Rate Table (included in one file) below.News Release 2014 Assessment rates Oct...

Help our veterans stop Veterans Affairs office closures.

October 03, 2013 10:29 AM

Join the struggle as Canada’s Veterans work to convince the Harper Government to maintain services and keep these offices open. Our Veterans deserve our respect, and we vow to stand with them in their fight. They, after all, have spent their lives fighting for us. Help our veterans stop Veterans...

October 2013 Newsletter

October 02, 2013 4:40 PM

In this issue, Breaking Ground at Workers’ Memorial site, 100 years of Workers’ Compensation, & YEU’s Union Counselling program begins. YEU Activist Jean Dacko is highlighted in Member of the Month and President Steve Geick invites you to become a Union Thug… Welcome to the Family!View the Newsletter (PDF)

Union Dues & Don’ts; the moral reason you pay for what you get.

September 27, 2013 11:54 AM

Please have a look at this terrific video response to Hudak’s attacks on the Rand Formula and mandatory check off. Produced by the Ontario Nurses Association is is definitely worth the 5 minutes!

August 2013 Newsletter

September 19, 2013 3:02 PM

HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE– New YG CA implemented; FAQs– Office upgrade will improve service– Busy education/training fall schedule– Violence elimination initiatives stalled– Feed-the-People BBQ; PGI– President’s message―Damn Union!View the newsletter (PDF)

Damn Union!

September 19, 2013 10:33 AM

Damn Union!Before I explain the title of this piece I would like to thank the members who are active in our Union. These are the people who give up their evenings and weekends to become involved and make this union what it is. Some of you might not realize it,...

We need to stand together.

September 17, 2013 10:12 AM

PSAC is Canada’s largest public sector union, working to improve the lives of families across the country. Gains made in the public sector; gains like maternity leave, recognition of rights for same sex couples and equal pay for equal work improve the landscape for all workers, unionized or not. As...

Yukon Workers’ Memorial to become a reality at last.

September 09, 2013 4:32 PM

After years of effort by the Yukon Labour groups and in cooperation with the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health & Safety Board, The Yukon Workers Memorial work is poised to become reality at last. This memorial will be built to honor Yukon workers who have been killed and injured on the...