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Day of Mourning Remembering workers injured or killed on the job; committing to keeping each other safe The Labour Councils around the province have organized the following events.  We encourage all locals to support and attend the event…

STAND UP FOR SASKATCHEWAN RALLY MAY 24, 2017 Get ready to rally - again! SGEU is organizing a big rally at the Legislature in Regina to tell the Sask. Party government Saskatchewan people don’t want public service cuts, rollbacks and…

Picket of the premier's golf tournament Thanks to everyone who joined SGEU to picket the premier's golf tournament. While the Sask Party is busy holding $350-per-person fundraisers like these, Saskatchewan people continue to suffer from the…

'Spit at or punched or poked': Sask. health staff top the list of violently injured workers WCB, Association of Safe Workplaces in Health launch effort to curb number of incidents Guy Quenneville · CBC NewsApril 30, 2017 People…

Sask budget cuts: kids with Autism pay the price Meet Avery. He was diagnosed with Autism. In the last provincial election, Premier Brad Wall promised new funding to help kids like him, and their families. But in the 2017 budget, Wall broke…

Workplace action to prevent domestic violence Workplaces have a role to play in helping prevent domestic violence, and the Provincial Association of Transition Houses of Saskatchewan (PATHS) is available to help employers take positive action.…

SGEU celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities The UN proclaimed December 3 as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in 1992. The proclamation aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and to mobilize…

Mourn. Remember. And take action. We remember the 14 women slain at Montreal's École Polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989. The missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls here in Saskatchewan. And the daily toll of violence against women…

Contracting out corrections kitchens to Compass: How's that working out? It’s been just over two years since the publicly-run food services in correctional centres and young offender facilities were handed to Compass Group, a U.K.-based…

What To Bring Please bring your own feast bag, which could contain the following items: plastic cutlery plastic bags (for containers and garbage) a number of small containers with lids serviettes or paper towels feast cloth (tea towel)…

SGEU members support UFCW workers on strike November 8, 2018 Several members of SGEUs FAIR (Fostering Awareness of Indigenous Rights) committee helped show solidarity yesterday with the striking Co-op workers in Saskatoon by bringing…

SGEU to join Women's March on January 19                       January 2, 2019 The SGEU Women’s Committee invites everyone to attend the upcoming Women’s March in Regina…

SGEU Convention 2015  

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SGEU President Bob Bymoen extends condolences I want to extend my condolences to the families of the victims, and all those affected by the terrible crash of the Humboldt Broncos bus. I join the people of our province as we mourn the tragedy…