News - Yukon Employees' Union

A Little Straight Talk about Workplace Discipline

July 29, 2015 7:08 PM

In the context of employment, discipline is the employer’s corrective response to a workplace issue, usually related to your performance or behavior. While Employers have the right to discipline employees, there are a number of questions that must be asked and answered before an employee is sanctioned. First, the employer...

Whitehorse Food Bank Feels the Summer Heat

July 07, 2015 8:17 PM

Every summer the Whitehorse Food Bank faces the same challenge; how to meet increased demand at the same time both food and cash donations dry up. Families with kids at home struggle to make sure there’s enough food to fill hungry bellies and visitors to the city turn to the...

Strike Vote, Recession & the 9 Day Fortnight.

July 06, 2015 4:29 PM

Yukon’s economy was in free fall in 1982. The hard rock mining industry had collapsed, mines were shuttered and the territory slid into recession. Hundreds were out of work and recovery looked bleak. It was against that evolving backdrop that the negotiating team of the YTPSA met with the...

Together for Safety

July 03, 2015 9:49 PM

May 29th 2015 marked the start of a new relationship between women in Whitehorse and the RCMP. Since 2013, Whitehorse women’s groups and the RCMP have collaborated to create an RCMP Safety Protocol entitled Together for Safety, with the shared goal of improving response services to women in Whitehorse.In response...

YEU Newsletter, June 2015

June 16, 2015 10:57 AM

In this issue:Pearson’s 9 Day Fortnight, 1982; PSAC Access Committee, Better Choices: Together for Safety, Deals for Members. Click here to view the complete Newsletter in a printable format (PDF)

Trans Rights in Yukon; One Small Victory at a Time

May 28, 2015 8:04 PM

Yukon’s PSAC Pride Committee rep, MLA Lois Moorcroft and trans Rights activist Chase Blodgett at the Yukon Legislative Assembly following the passing of a motion forwarding Trans Rights in the Yukon Human Rights Act. May 14th 2015 marked a positive step toward a more equitable Yukon. Lois Moorcroft, MLA for...

YEU Newsletter, May 2015

May 28, 2015 11:12 AM

In this issue: Women at work, Young workers in action, Trans* rights in Yukon, WGH contract & more. Click here to view complete Newsletter online Click here to view complete Newsletter in PDF Format.

It’s Summer, and that means ROAD Trip!

May 27, 2015 7:20 PM

PSAC National Vice-President Chris Aylward and PSAC’s Regional Executive Vice-President for the North Jack Bourassa will join YEU President Steve Geick for a fairly epic summer road trip. They’ll be visiting all points between Whitehorse & Dawson, meeting Union and community members wherever they stop. There are AGM’s planned for...

Yukon Hospital Workers vote YES!

May 20, 2015 12:10 PM

Straight Talk: Addiction & Accommodation at work.

May 05, 2015 9:07 PM

Did you know that alcoholism and addiction are considered disabilities? A seven year legal battle for two Ontario residents and a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada set a legal precedent on what constitutes a disability under Human Rights legislation. Employees who suffer from an illness or injury that...