Employers – Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

Bargaining Update for Members Working at Victoria Airport

Bargaining Update for Members Working at Victoria Airport

Your negotiating team met with the employer on December 16 and 17. Despite our best efforts to reach a tentative agreement, we have reached an impasse. Rates of pay are the main outstanding issue. We will be requesting the appointment...

December 19, 2025

Health and safety member profile Natural Resources Canada

Taking Action for our Own Safety

Cheryl Black is a Senior Research Technologist at CanMET Energy, part of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) in the National Capital Region. She is a longtime Health and Safety activist with UCTE. Cheryl works with nuclear waste! Of course she’s motivated...

December 19, 2025

2025: A Year of Growing Resistance to Code Section 107 and its Abuses

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2025: A Year of Growing Resistance to Code Section 107 and its Abuses

The use of “Section 107” of the Canada Labour Code (the Code) has been raised, and challenged, in several recent labour disputes. It’s been in the Code for decades, so why has it become a battleground this year? The Basics...

December 17, 2025

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Recognizing Aviation Workers

This is International Civil Aviation Day. This day was established in 1994 on the 50th anniversary of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Canada is a founding member of ICAO – headquartered in Montreal — where member states work together...

December 7, 2025

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Impasse at NAV CANADA

Today, November 30, is day 700 without a contract for more than two hundred employees at NAV CANADA in nine UCTE locals all across the country. Members will not stand by and wait. They are standing strong behind the UCTE-PSAC...

November 30, 2025

Employers member profile Nav Canada

Union Work is Also Caring Work

UCTE represents workers at NAV CANADA who do scheduling, infrastructure and facilities work, learning development, specialists, and administration. Anita Sayaphet does quality assurance work on NAV CANADA’s Air Traffic Services training. She works in Edmonton and serves as President of...

November 26, 2025

Transport Canada Jeopardizes their Employees’ Mental Health

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Transport Canada Jeopardizes their Employees’ Mental Health

for immediate release As indicated in federal budget 2025, the Aircraft Services Directorate (ASD) of Transport Canada is to be transferred to the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) but to date neither the workers nor the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees...

November 21, 2025

Nine Locals in Five cities, in Five Days

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Nine Locals in Five cities, in Five Days

UCTE Leadership visits Atlantic region From October 6 to 11, National President Teresa Eschuk and National Vice-President Mike Tennant met with members and toured a number of workplaces in the Atlantic region. Their tour started at the Port of Halifax...

November 13, 2025

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Budget 2025

UCTE is continuing to review and analyse the federal budget that was tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday November 4th. We know that UCTE members have many questions about who will be affected, and when, but at this...

November 6, 2025

Representing Coast Guard Members at NDDN

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Representing Coast Guard Members at NDDN

National President Teresa Eschuk represented UCTE members at the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence last Thursday. The committee is currently studying how the CCG Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) will be integrated into the Ministry of Defence (MOD)....

October 6, 2025