This is an archive of news stories and research from the National Union of Public and General Employees. Please see our new site - https://nupge.ca - for the most current information. 


NUPGE publishes the first of three reports on ideas that emerged from a series of 26 town hall meetings across the country to assess the way forward from the global economic collapse.

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'It’s time to consider expansion of our public universal workplace pension plan, the CPP.' - Joan Jessome.

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20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall people around the world want governments to be more active in regulating business.

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'Funding cuts to health care services ... affect all of us and our families.'

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'These workers deserve our utmost respect and recognition.' - Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer.

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'The very foundation of law provides that, at the end of the day, if two parties can’t agree there is an independent person to make a final decision.' - Warren (Smokey) Thomas.

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Postal union circulating petition to draw attention to unpublicized campaign by Harper Conservatives.

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'New York City invests twice as much per student in public education as Toronto.'

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Canada Post review awakens old fears in hundreds of small rural communities.

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“A shocking new low by this government.” –First time a government has legislated a contract on workers while they were in the middle of voting on an offer.

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First province in Canada to join with dozens of municipalities in celebrating the contribution CSS workers make to communities across the country.

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The occasion will mark 'a historic new chapter' in the lives of Métis citizens as well as Saskatchewan and Canadian citizens generally. - MN-S president Robert Doucette.

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'Our members have made some solid gains on wages and successfully fought employer efforts to rollback some provisions.' - Darryl Walker.

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President Shelley Ward says it is 'simply the safest thing to do' in the circumstances. A decision will be made later on when to reschedule.

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Environment Minister Jim Prentice issues the challenge

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