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Solidarity with striking UFCW Best Western workers SGEU members Muna De Ciman, Jas McConnell, and Judy Kobsar recently joined a picket line outside Regina's Best Western Seven Oaks, to show solidarity with striking United Food and Commercial…

SGEU offers condolences to La Loche and gratitude to its members on the frontlines SGEU wishes to offer its sincere condolences to the community of La Loche, and to those in the surrounding area affected by last week’s tragedy. We are…

Shelley Mandin bargaining chair of the Battlefords Trade and Education Centre (BTEC) bargaining unit presents a cheque for $500 to Mona Leece, BTEC executive director from SGEU’s CSS sector. The cheque is for BTEC's building fund. BTEC is…

For-profit blood clinic planning to open in Saskatoon A private company that pays people to “donate” blood is set to open the first for-profit plasma donation clinic in the country, right here in Saskatchewan. Health Minister Dustin Duncan…

Regina Mobile Crisis Services’ unionized workers – members of SGEU's Community Based Organization bargaining unit – will hold an information picket to express frustration with the lack of progress at the bargaining table. Crisis Workers…

Click here for a printable version.  Crisis Workers shouldn’t work alone Clients and their communities deserve better  When are frontline Crisis Workers at Regina Mobile Crisis Services working alone? Since the spring of 2013, there…

Government's Costly Proposal for Liquor Retailing The privatization of liquor sales would be an extremely expensive mistake, costing Saskatchewan hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue, according to a new report by the Canadian…

Liquor Privatization Harms Small-Town Saskatchewan Download the full report In summer 2014, Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) privatized four small town liquor stores in Ituna, Kerrobert, Langenburg and Ponteix. These full-line…

Crisis workers make a difference Find out how crisis workers make a difference in people's lives. SGEU's new video series features crisis workers in Saskatoon, Prince Albert, and Regina explaining the important support they provide to…

Welcome to the 2016 SGEU Convention! Here you will find daily updates on convention. Check daily for photos, videos, member features and convention activities.   Daily Digest April 22, 2016 Daily Digest April 23, 2016

Safe Worker Award SGEU proudly congratulates member Paul Price, a Facility Youth Worker at the North Battleford Youth Centre, on being named one of two finalists for WorkSafe Saskatchewan’s 2016 Safe Worker Award. Paul, a longtime co-chair…

PPE Fashion Contest In recognition of the North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, the SGEU Occupational Health & Safety Standing Committee is holding a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) fashion contest! Members are encouraged…

New Life Member Terry Ullman is the newest member of the Life Members' table. Terry's involvement in SGEU is well known. "Bad management made for a strong union at my workplace," she said. "I saw the problems around me, and I was…

Sector Highlights   Public service sector highlights For the health plan, after a search for the best value, Great-West Life has been selected as the insurance carrier for extended health care plans effective January 1st, 2016. There will…

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