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Members recognized for keeping our workplaces safe

Members recognized for keeping our workplaces safe

Members recognized for keeping our workplaces safe SGEU wishes to congratulate member, Lorna Hamilton upon receiving the 2015 Safe Worker and Safe Employer Award from WorkSafe Saskatchewan. Hamilton is a continuing care assistant at the…

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Own it! project to protect public services launched

Own it! project to protect public services launched

  OWN IT! A project to strengthen and protect public services has been launched in Saskatchewan. People from across the province will have the opportunity to voice their support for public services by joining the conversation and taking…

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Unnecessary delays making overcrowding in corrections worse

Unnecessary delays making overcrowding in corrections worse

Unnecessary delays making overcrowding in corrections worse The longstanding issues of overcrowded Saskatchewan prisons are not being resolved because of short-sighted decisions and unnecessary delays, says the union that represents…

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Partnership agreement signed

Partnership agreement signed

SGEU, the Province of Saskatchewan and the Kelsey Trail, Mamawetan Churchill River and Keewatin Yatthe health regions have signed a partnership agreement as part of a shared commitment to patient-first care and health system transformation. Read…

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Food services contract raises serious questions

Food services contract raises serious questions

October 5, 2015 Food services contract raises serious questions PRINTABLE VERSION The Saskatchewan government’s decision to privatize food services in correctional and young offender facilities is not as simple or sweet a deal as…

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New essential services bill does not erase harm of past illegal law

New essential services bill does not erase harm of past illegal law

Download printable version here October 15, 2015 New proposed essential services legislation introduced by the Sask. Party government today does not erase the harm done to tens of thousands of Saskatchewan workers who were stripped of their…

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Mismanagement of wildfire crisis

Mismanagement of wildfire crisis

October 29, 2015 Download printable version here View the brochure here The government’s mismanagement of the 2015 wildfire crisis put families and communities at risk, according to SGEU, and an independent, public review is needed to…

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Liquor changes need independent review

Liquor changes need independent review

Before government decides to privatize any more of Saskatchewan’s public liquor system, the impacts need to be examined by a thorough and independent public review, says SGEU. “A huge amount of annual public revenue is on the line, and the…

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SGEU to make donation to Prince Albert's KIN Enterprises

SGEU to make donation to Prince Albert's KIN Enterprises

December 17, 2015 Click here for printed version SGEU President Bob Bymoen and the chair of the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) bargaining unit, Al Evans, will present a cheque for $2,500 to KIN Enterprises on Friday,…

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Cuts to education and health costing Saskatchewan families

Cuts to education and health costing Saskatchewan families

December 8, 2015 Download printable version here The provincial government’s decision to cut millions in funding from post-secondary education and health care in order to offset a budget deficit is short sighted and undermines public…

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Corrections food services privatization already proving to be a reckless move

Corrections food services privatization already proving to be a reckless move

December 21, 2015 Click here for printable version Privatizing food services in Saskatchewan correctional centres is already proving to be a reckless move that puts private profits ahead of safety, according to SGEU. A hunger strike by…

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Privatization of corrections food services putting workers' safety at risk

Privatization of corrections food services putting workers' safety at risk

Privatization of corrections food services putting workers' safety at risk The downloadable version can be found here. The private provider of food services in Saskatchewan correctional centres is threatening the safety of frontline…

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Marking National Aboriginal Day with two historic advances

Marking National Aboriginal Day with two historic advances

The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) celebrates National Aboriginal Day, which takes place June 21, by marking its service to the province’s Aboriginal community with the addition of two major entities into its…

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Liquor privatization plan reckless

Liquor privatization plan reckless

LIQUOR PRIVATIZATION PLAN RECKLESS Sign the petition against government's liquor privatization plan at http://www.keepliquorpublic.ca/ Saskatchewan people deserve to know how the services their families rely on will be affected by the…

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Government review of its own handling of wildfire crisis not good enough

Government review of its own handling of wildfire crisis not good enough

December 8, 2015 Download printable version here The government-led review of its own handling of the wildfire crisis of 2015 is not going to provide an objective assessment of what went wrong, according to SGEU. The union has called for…

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