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The package of amendment includes some positive changes to the rights of working people as well as a regressive change granting employers the right to request a vote of the employer’s most recent offer.
Every Saskatchewan worker stands to lose in government overhaul of labour legislation. Have your voice heard. Write to the Minister today!
Regina (03 July 2012) - A new campaign has been launched to educate and mobilize workers and the public about the changes to labour laws the Saskatchewan government is trying to introduce.
Ten times the number of workers employed by the Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia picketed in support of the four women working there who have been trying to reach a collective agreement since unionizing in 2010.
In bargaining since 2011, HSAA/NUPGE members look to mediator for assistance.
Edmonton (28 June 2012) - The Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA/NUPGE) has requested the assistance of a mediator in contract talks with Carewest. Recent contract talks have not progressed sufficiently toward a settlement.
Negotiations and mediation fail to reach collective agreement for B.C. government workers.
"The national poll on attitudes of Canadians towards their health care system revealed that Newfoundlanders and Labradorians want improvements to our health care system, not cuts." - Carol Furlong, NAPE President.
Mediation hopes to resolve impasse between BCGEU/NUPGE members at Pine Acres and the employer, Westbank First Nation.
"Our members have done their part; the wage freeze we took likely saved Trent close to a million dollars. Now they want to claw back our pension. This is unacceptable." - OPSEU bargaining chair, Rose Dunford.
MAHCP President Wendy Despins and Executive Director Lee Manning recently met with Jennifer Howard, Minister of Family Services and Labour, and Assistant Deputy Minister Dave Dyson. This meeting doubled the efforts MAHCP has been making to engage government and followed up on a similar meeting held with the Minister of Health in early March. The focus of the meeting was to highlight the impact of trends in previous rounds of collective bargaining on the Technical Professional Paramedical membership of MAHCP.
Hopefully, the result of this vote will help the employer realize we are miles apart on what the parties see as a fair offer," says Trent Edwards, SGEU negotiating committee co-chair.
Regina (26 June 2012) - Workers at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency rejected a final offer from the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) but are extending an invitation to work with a mediator to find solutions to the bargaining impasse.
“We believe that workers at Meaford are worth as much as others providing the same services to their communities.” - Debbie Farrar, OPSEU President at CLM.
