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Sask Polytech lays off staff while looking to hire more managers Printable version For immediate release                                                                          …

Protesters picket Sask Party AGM Printable version FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                      …

Cuts to health-funded CBOs cruel and misguided Printable Version FOR IMMEDIATE…

SGEU adds its support for publicly owned pot retailer November 24, 2017 Printable version The Saskatchewan government needs to accept the results of its own online survey, which attracted almost 35,000 responses, and begin planning for a…

Sask Party shows double standard toward public workers with MLA wage increase May 29, 2018 The Sask Party is showing a continued double standard with the recent approval of MLA’s wage increases, while offering little to government…

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…

SGEU welcomes changes to help workers with psychological injuries Printable version SGEU welcomes proposed legislative changes that will make it easier for workers suffering from psychological injuries to access benefits from the Workers’…

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…

Government opens door to selling Crowns Printable version The government’s proposal to narrow the definition of privatization to allow for selling off nearly half of a Crown corporation without consulting the Saskatchewan public is…

SGEU members at Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board reach impasse in bargaining October 28, 2019 SGEU members employed at the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) have reached an impasse at the bargaining table and…

NORTEP-NORPAC Instructor hands out positive messages to trick-or-treaters Printable version Photo With the recent suicides of six girls in northern Saskatchewan in less than a month, NORTEP-NORPAC Instructor and SGEU member April…

SGEU members at Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) secure tentative agreement December 20, 2019 SGEU’s bargaining committee at the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) has reached a tentative collective bargaining…

Printable version The provincial government is misinforming the public, and trying to downplay the risks involved in cutting Deputy Sheriff positions, according to SGEU. Government is cutting the jobs of 12 workers in courthouses around…

December 23, 2019 SGEU members at Social Detox Centre in Moose Jaw echo concerns about the need for better addictions services in Saskatchewan SGEU members at Wakamow Manor Social Detox Centre located in Moose Jaw are echoing concerns…