Bargaining for 1300 health care workers stalls in PEI.

Charlottetown (19 June 2012) - Discussions to determine a collective agreement between PEI Union of Public and Private Sector Employees (PEIUPSE/NUPGE) health bargaining unit and Health PEI have stalled. The two parties bargained for six days and had agreement on a number of non-economic issues.

Five staff members have been lost in 2012 alone.

Questionable process by the Saskatchewan Labour Board for SIAST certification vote.

“Our members are the second-lowest paid CMHA employees in the province,” said Tischa Forster, OPSEU Local President. “The employer’s offer doesn’t come close to the industry norms for mental health professionals performing this work.”

Arbitrator awards 7.5 per cent increase over three years to Capital Health health care employees in NSGEU/NUPGE (Local 42); reaffirms principle of leading acute-care wages at CDHA.

Halifax (15 June 2012) - Arbitrator Tom Kuttner today awarded a 7.5 per cent increase over three years to all Nova Scotia Government & General Employees Union (NSGEU/NUPGE) health care workers employed by Captial Health (Local 42).

MGEU/NUPGE members bargain wage and benefit improvements.

Workers approve contract at three health authorities in Nova Scotia.

Halifax (15 June 2012) - Members of the Nova Scotia Government & General Employees Union (NSGEU/NUPGE) members who provide clerical services for the South Shore Health Authority, South West Health Authority and Annapolis Valley Health Authority have voted in favour of the tentative agreement.

National Union young workers from across Canada are meeting in Ottawa to strategize how to  build a future with economic justice for all.

Mediation starts for government workers in B.C.

"Minister Kenney is shielding a racist policy under cost-cutting austerity measures and allegations of abuse." - James Clancy, National President, NUPGE

HSAA/NUPGE seeks Labour Board assistance to determine successor collective agreement for Shopper's Drug Mart outpatient pharmacies in Calgary.

Concerns that police departments in Ontario are not pursuing justice for correctional officers when inmates threaten, intimidate or assault staff working in provincial correctional facilities.

House of Commons committee to look more closely at flawed Human Rights Impact Assessment that was conducted on the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

"Our right to be consulted - in a meaningful way - is supported by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, international law, and, most recently, in Justice Dennis Ball's landmark ruling that found our government's essential services law to be illegal," he adds.

Stand up for democracy by joining the June 13 protest agains tthe Conservative's budget bill.