News - Yukon Employees' Union

I Need a UNION REP for a Meeting?!

June 22, 2016 3:07 PM

It’s another day at work, everything seems to be going well and it’s shaping up to be a good day. Then it happens; you receive a request to attend a meeting the following day and your supervisor advises that you are entitled to bring a union representative to the meeting!...

Myths & Inaccuracies: An Open Letter to RYTS Manager Mike Healey

June 17, 2016 2:34 PM

Mr. Healey: Last Friday you held a press conference as part of your media blitz in response to YEU’s June 8 Risk at RYTS media release and blog post. You expressed confusion and told the press that my worry for the safety of staff & residents is based on nothing...

Open Letter to Mike Healey, Manager of RYTS Homes in Whitehorse

June 17, 2016 11:49 AM

Please click on the image below to read YEU President Steve Geick’s open letter in response to Mike Healey’s media blitz. YEU presents the concerns of our members in an effort to achieve resolution and ensure safety for all parties.Download Full PDF

Trans at Work; Dignity & Discrimination in Yukon

June 15, 2016 4:05 PM

This week we have seen discrimination at its ugliest, its most vile. We watched in horror as news broke from Orlando Florida of the hate-inspired murder of so many at a gay nightclub but this is only the most recent in a long list of attacks. While we may try...

YEU Newsletter, June 2016

June 10, 2016 2:57 PM

In this issue: Risk at RYTS; YG Failing Youth-in-Care & Caregivers; YG Bargaining Update; Tentative Agreement Reached; Friends & Comrades – Isn’t it Time for Gender-Neutral Solidarity? Where’s Tony Thomas? and more. Read full Newsletter here (PDF)

RYTS Caregivers and Youth-in-Care at Risk

June 08, 2016 2:43 PM

Understaffing puts Vulnerable Residents & Workers at Risk Kids-in-care have faced more trauma than most of us will experience in a lifetime, most with first-hand exposure to violence & addictions. Many have been subjected to instability, uncertainty and the absence of caring, consistent authority figures. Ensuring an environment that provides stability,...

RISK at RYTS: Government of Yukon Fails to Ensure Safety in Residential Care Homes

June 08, 2016 11:36 AM

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YG Contract Ratification Community Meeting Dates, July 10-13 2016

June 02, 2016 4:57 PM

With each new Tentative Agreement, the Yukon Employees’ Union bargaining team heads out on the highway to talk to members. Across the Territory, meetings are held so members can ask questions about the proposed deal and learn what changes the bargaining team has negotiated on their behalf. DO NOT MISS...

Isn’t it Time for Gender Free Union Solidarity?

June 01, 2016 8:53 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...

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...