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Memorandum of Agreement voted down April 25, 2018 In a ratification vote, the members of SGEU’s PS/GE Bargaining Unit have rejected a Memorandum of Agreement. SGEU has been in contact with the employer and is in the process of…

Public service seeks strike mandate from members June 22, 2018 Negotiations between SGEU’s Public Service/Government Employment (PS/GE) bargaining unit and the Public Service Commission (PSC), which bargains on behalf of the…

Saskatchewan correctional centres a 'powder keg' due to poor Sask Party government policies June 26, 2018 The situation of severe overcrowding, assaults on staff, cancellation of family visitation, gang violence, lack of support and…

Strike mandate given to SGEU's Public Service/Government Employment Negotiating Committee August 1, 2018 SGEU members of the Public Service/Government Employment (PS/GE) bargaining unit have given their Negotiating Committee a…

SGEU members ratify contract at H.E.L.P. Homes of Regina September 17, 2018 SGEU members at H.E.L.P. Homes of Regina have approved a new collective agreement, containing a wage increase and additional benefits for approximately 45…

Sask Party government proves double standard with ballooning Crown executive wage increases September 21, 2018 The recent disclosure of salary increases to senior management at Crown corporations, once again, shows the Sask Party…

GTH divestment has SGEU questioning government's fiscal priorities January 10, 2019 SGEU President Bob Bymoen is questioning why the Sask Party government is wasting more money on a private consultant and severance payouts to a former…

Government trying to balance books on the backs of workers while reducing services to the public March 15, 2019 News that the Ministry of Environment is closing front counter services at 19 of its field offices is more proof that the…

Sask Party still has more work to do on restoring public services, signing collective agreements March 20, 2019 While SGEU is cautiously optimistic to see the Sask Party government’s recent budget restores some public service…

Sask Party government’s liquor and cannabis privatization plan results in millions in lost revenue March 27, 2019 Despite repeated claims by the Sask Party government that its march toward liquor privatization would not see the…

Public outcry forces Sask Party government to restore funding to Cornwall Alternative School March 28, 2019 SGEU is relieved to learn that the Sask Party government has backtracked on its abrupt and unexpected decision to eliminate…

Saskatchewan residents paying the price for camping fee increases April 2, 2019 As Saskatchewan residents get ready to plan their summer camping trips around the province, yet another set of increases in vehicle entry and camping fees…

SGEU calls for resignations after government says it will continue to use a test that the Supreme Court confirms is discriminatory   April 5, 2019   Saskatchewan wildland firefighters have been vindicated by a Supreme Court…

The Sask Party government must stop downplaying risks of wildland firefighter fitness test and call back "grandfathered" workers April 15, 2019 SGEU is calling on the Ministry of Environment to modify a grueling fitness test for wildland…

Liquor prices up significantly since privatization, according to SGEU research April 23, 2019 Backgrounder Despite claims from the Sask Party government that privatization of liquor sales would result in “more competitive…