News - Yukon Employees' Union

Yukon Hospitals are Bleeding Out

October 19, 2020 12:28 PM

Media Release - October 19, 2020 Staffing Levels Reach Critical Lows. Four members of the Whitehorse General Hospital’s nursing staff resigned in one 12-hour period earlier last week, citing “deplorable working conditions”. While damning, these resignations are merely symptoms of a system on the verge of collapse. Doctors, surgeons and...

Racism, Alive & Thriving in Canada

October 16, 2020 2:31 PM

Racism in Canada is alive and thriving, our differences magnified in an environment of seething animosity between the left and the right. If you don’t see racism, never saw it and can’t believe it exists, chances are your skin colour has never been a barrier to your safety or success....

YEU Newsletter, October 2020

October 07, 2020 3:55 PM

In this issue: Local Y025 Yukon Hospital Workers Negotiating for Safe Hospitals, Healthy Staff Introducing new Executive Director Michelle Parsons A Message from the President, Steve Geick Update Exciting new Benefits for YEU/PSAC Members YEU Behind the Scenes - what your Labour Relations Advisors have been fighting for lately. Learn...

YEU Labour Day Message for 2020

September 02, 2020 5:17 PM

Labour Day 2020 is almost upon us and celebrating the power of workers is perhaps more important this year than any other. Honoring the contributions of the working class and standing in solidarity with one another may be among the most valuable outcomes of this difficult year. We usually celebrate...

Return To Work - Yukon Workers' Compensation Health & Safety Board

May 28, 2020 2:27 PM

The following is from the YWCHSB website, dated May 20, 2020. RETURN TO THE WORKPLACE As the economy starts to reopen, gradually, we will see businesses resume, stay-at-home restrictions lifted and workers return to physical workplaces. Planning is essential to protect the health and safety of workers and the public....

PSAC Postpones Conventions 'til 2021

May 04, 2020 2:53 PM

Public health directives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have banned public gatherings, closed many workplaces, and enforced the self-isolation of Canadians across the country. Adherence to these directives and the uncertainty of their duration has led the Public Service Alliance of Canada's National Board of Directors to postpone all scheduled...

Celebrating May Day 2020

May 01, 2020 1:11 PM

Today we celebrate May Day, or International Workers' Day. On 1 May, 1886, labour unions in the US decided to go on a strike demanding that workers should not be made to work for more than 8 hours a day. Just three days after the strike began, a blast occurred...

Day of Mourning Yukon 2020

April 28, 2020 12:21 PM

Today is the National Day of Mourning and as always, we will observe this sombre day of remembrance to honour and recognize the many workers who have lost their lives or who have been injured on the job. During the Covid-19 global pandemic it is more important than ever to...

Letter in Support of Continued Funding for Nakwaye Ku Daycare

April 02, 2020 1:37 PM

Downloadable PDF of Support Letter April 2, 2020 The Honourable Pauline Frost Minister of Health and Social Services Yukon Legislative Assembly, Box 2703 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6 Dear Minister Frost, We write on behalf of our members employed at Nakwaye Ku Daycare regarding Yukon Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and...

YEU CLOSURE - MEDIA RELEASE MAR17-2020

March 17, 2020 2:38 PM

We have closed our offices in response to the Covid-19 crisis. All meetings and training have been cancelled until further notice. Please see the media advisory, below. Thank you.