Updates

"This is a reminder that you only have 3 more days to take in items for the UVAE Food Drive."  

When the TC bargaining team called for action on May 22nd, members of local UEW 60067 at the St Andrews Biological Centre were our there!

The Teaching Assistants Union of Memorial University of Newfoundland elected its negotiating committee at a membership meeting on May 30, 2013. 

When an opportunity presents itself to lobby an MP, members need to be ready to take it and this is exactly what UNDE 60303 Local President Morris Shannon and his component RVP, Daniel Frost, did when they were presented with an opportunity to meet with NDP Defense Critic, Jack Harris, while he was in Moncton on other business.

USGE members at the Atlantic Institution (Local 60019) decided to demonstrate their disapproval of management's recent direction and decisions. 

Following the Employer's recent final offer to FB members, information sessions are being organized across the country.  The New Brunswick tour is happening between May 14 and 17th. Brother Doug Tremblett, CIU member and member on the FB bargaining team explains to members the real content and true impacts of the offer and answers questions from members

The PSAC has won the Dennis McGann Stroke of Genius award for the most unusual, innovative, novel communications project at the Canadian Association of Labour media (CALM) awards banquet 2013.

The Twelfth Annual Provincial Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Injured on the Job was held at Province House on Sunday, April 28th, 2013. PSAC Members joined other union members and Islanders in remembering workers who were injured or lost their lives on Island work sites. The ceremony was followed by a reception.

UTE local 60008 showed their support for the bargaining team by distributing material showing negotiations with CRA are as cold as ice and the local also distributed ice cream to its members. It was a fun activity with a strong message that UTE members are united for a fair contract and hope that the next sessions are a bit warmer.

Workers, family members, Unions and Government gathered throughout the province at ceremonies to commemorate the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. In 2012, 32 workers lost their lives in Nova Scotia. A commitment to making all workplaces safer was the focus for many of the presenters. Laws must be strengthened and enforced.