Today is Equal Pay Day
Equal Pay Day is an annual symbolic event highlighting the gender pay gap by representing how far into the year women must work to make the same amount that men earned in the previous year. In Canada, Equal Pay Day...
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Collective Agreement Ratified at YXE
On March 6, 2023, Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) members working for Pro-tec Fire Services of Canada at the Saskatoon Airport (YXE) voted unanimously to ratify their new collective agreement. The new collective agreement was enacted at ratification and...
The Pay Equity Act
In this 4th installment of our series in honour of Women’s History Month, let’s talk about pay equity and, more specifically, the Pay Equity Act of 2018. The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) have been long-standing...
Women still earn less than men.
In our third installment in honour of Women’s History Month, we’re addressing the persistent issue of gender pay inequity and the need to pick up the pace on achieving gender pay parity. Currently, women working full-time and part-time are paid...
Women Life Freedom: We stand with Iranian Women
On this International Women’s Day, we are struck that protesters in various Iranian cities and towns are still pushing for women’s rights. The Women Life Freedom (WLF) movement was sparked after the killing of Mahsa Amini in state custody after...
NAV CANADA: Tentative agreement ratified by members
UCTE members in the NAV CANADA bargaining unit voted in favour of the tentative agreement struck with the employer, thanks to the hard work of our bargaining team and members across the country. The NAV CANADA group represents workers in...
Celebrating the women who shaped our past
In collaboration with Denise Reynolds, UCTE Human Rights Officer in honour of Women’s History Month 2023. On March 8, 2023, we will celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD), which grew from the labour movement to become an annual celebration recognized by...
A brief history of Russian-Ukrainian relations and war
It’s been 1 year since the tyrannical President Putin of Russia rolled tanks over the Ukrainian border from Belarus and began his latest escalation in a war that has been ongoing since his 2014 invasion and annexation of the Crimean...
The enduring legacy of slavery in North American prison labour
Slavery was officially abolished throughout the British Empire, including Canada, on 1 August 1834[1], by the coming into effect of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. Canada had already made baby steps toward abolishing slavery 41 years earlier, in 1793,...
Constructive Dismissal
Do you know what it means? Has it happened to you? You have rights and responsibilities when it comes to exercising those rights.