News - Yukon Employees' Union

Don’t Miss Out! YEU Bursary application deadline fast approaching.

September 19, 2014 6:36 PM

Did you know that the Yukon Employees’ Union offers 9 annual bursaries to members and their dependants attending full time post secondary school? We offer $1000 to nine deserving young people each year. If you are a member of YEU OR you’re a member whose dependent son or daughter is...

YTPSA Newsletter September 1976

September 12, 2014 11:32 PM

Have a read of this 1976 Yukon Territorial Public Service Association newsletter from our archives. Training, Convention, dues and bargaining input… sounds a lot like today’s YEU. The YTPSA was the precursor to the Yukon Employees’ Union as you know it today. We’ll share more of our history over the...

NO Politics with your paycheque?

September 03, 2014 6:40 PM

If you’re a member of YEU, chances are that’s an accident. You got a job in a “union shop” where workers had already decided to unionize, often many years before you were hired. As a new employee you were given a union card to sign and a Collective Agreement –...

Unions feed the PEOPLE! Join us for a FREE Labour Day BBQ!

August 26, 2014 11:46 PM

Local Y010 and many other Labour groups will be flipping burgers and shucking corn Monday September 1st, celebrating Labour Day in Shipyards Park! Each year YEU’s largest local sponsors a massive community feast, inviting everyone to join the party. There’s free food, entertainment, old time games for the kids, a...

YEU Newsletter, August 2014

August 20, 2014 10:57 AM

Highlights in this issue: YE-Unity helps fill Food Bank Shelves; PSAC Regional Women’s Cttee; Member of the Month Gro Brodersen, PSAC Union Development Program, Top 10 Reasons NOT to Join a Union.Read the complete Newsletter HERE, PDF

The Food Bank Challenge… look what we DID!!

August 14, 2014 7:18 PM

When Whitehorse Food Bank‘s Executive Director Stephen Dunbar-Edge told CBC reporter Sandi Coleman things were looking bad he wasn’t kidding; the shelves were dangerously bare and emergency food hampers for the 1200 monthly clients were at risk. YEU Local Y010 President Tammi Sikorski heard Stephen’s interview and decided to see...

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Y010 & YEU’s Whitehorse Food Bank Challenge!

July 25, 2014 8:47 PM

The Whitehorse Food Bank is in dire straits; their shelves are bare and they’re having a hard time meeting the needs of hungry Yukon families. Summer is always a lean time of year for the community organization; demand goes up while the supply of food and cash donations goes down.Local...

Standing together for bargaining; YEU supports Treasury Board Bargaining Teams

July 24, 2014 9:14 AM

The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its 100,000 Treasury Board members are at the bargaining table with their federal employers. There are greater than 250,000 public servants represented by 17 unions, all united in a solidarity pact; no one union will give in to the federal government’s concession demands...

July 2014 Newsletter

July 22, 2014 11:36 AM

Highlights in this issue: What is the Duty to Accommodate?, News from Local Y011, Are you a Rand? Straight Talk; Do Unions Protect the Lazy?, CASLRead complete newsletter here: PDFVisit YEU’s blog for more.

Treasury Board bargaining; Why it matters to you.

July 21, 2014 10:51 PM

The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its 100,000 Treasury Board members are at the bargaining table with their federal employers. There are greater than 250,000 public servants represented by 17 unions, all united in a solidarity pact; no one union will give in to the federal government’s concession demands...