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National Indigenous History Month

June is National Indigenous History Month; a time for all Canadians – Indigenous and non-Indigenous – to explore the history of Canada’s first peoples. For those who are settlers on this land, regardless of whether it is for 300 years...

June 4, 2021

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In memoriam – Pat Angers, Local 00056

C’est avec une grande tristesse que nous annonçons le décès du confrère Pat Angers, ancien membre de l’UCET de la section locale 00056 de la voie navigable Trent-Severn. Le confrère Angers a été un membre actif de l’exécutif de sa...

June 1, 2021

Bargaining Updates

699 Leave Policy Grievances Information

PSAC will go into virtual public hearings from August 30 to September 3, 2021 to efend the use of 699 leave for federal public service workers during the pandemic at adjudication hearings with the Federal Public Service Labour Relations Board....

May 31, 2021

Awards and scholarships

Biography – Robert Cox

Today we bring you the biography of Robert Cox, a former UCTE president. It all started when he became President of Local 80829 at the Halifax Airport. In 1981, he was elected President of the Union. The biography has been...

May 27, 2021

“Educate, Agitate, and Organize” in our communities

Labour history Labour movement UCTE history

“Educate, Agitate, and Organize” in our communities

While workers in Canada started organizing themselves into unions in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia as early as 1812, the real boom took place in the 1860s and 70s. There was a new country being formed and a workforce that...

May 25, 2021

Labour history

The 1972 Common Front Strikes in Quebec

In 1972, Common Front strikes took place as part of a coalition of public and para-public sector unions in Quebec with a view to ending negotiations with the provincial government. The first strike took place in 1972 during a round...

May 21, 2021

Underpaid salary + overpaid TA ≠ correct pay

Bargaining Updates

Underpaid salary + overpaid TA ≠ correct pay

Four years ago, after a long round of bargaining and an implementation period that was plagued by problems with Phoenix, some of UCTE’s members in the inspectorate at Transport Canada noticed discrepancies on their pay stubs. A fundamental change had...

May 19, 2021

UPDATE: Quebec Airport Fire Department at Quebec City airport YQB – Tentative Agreement Ratified

Bargaining Updates

UPDATE: Quebec Airport Fire Department at Quebec City airport YQB – Tentative Agreement Ratified

Congratulations! Our members at the Quebec Airport Fire Department at Quebec City airport YQB, Local 10140 voted in favor of their tentative agreement. The bargaining team will meet with the employer in the coming weeks for the official signatures of...

May 13, 2021

Parks Canada Agency Virtual National Bargaining Conference

Bargaining Updates

Parks Canada Agency Virtual National Bargaining Conference

From May 31 to June 2, PSAC will host a virtual national conference regarding the Parks Canada Agency bargaining. During the 3 days, there will be discussions on negotiations, prioritization of demands and culminating with the election of members of...

May 13, 2021

Bargaining Updates COVID-19

Airport Funding Announced

The federal government has released its long-awaited airport funding package to assist Canada’s airports survive during the next phase of the pandemic and hopefully build towards a re-opening of air travel across the country. UCTE is particularly pleased with the...

May 12, 2021