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SV members: bargaining vote coming up in January

For a limited time period starting in January, SV members will be asked to vote on which dispute resolution process to use for the next round of negotiations that will begin in 2025. Read more: SV bargaining: Upcoming vote on dispute...

December 9, 2024

Gender in the Fire Hall, part 1: Pioneering Inclusion

Equity Health and safety Human rights Treasury Board

Gender in the Fire Hall, part 1: Pioneering Inclusion

UCTE represents airport firefighters at several Canadian airports. Union activism is a good vehicle for improving equity and inclusion in the workplace. This two-part series looks at the issues dealt with by two of our female firefighter members as they...

December 9, 2024

airports Bargaining Updates Collective Agreements Collective Bargaining Job Action Media releases and statements Ottawa International Airport Authority

UPDATE: Tentative Agreement at YOW

UPDATE December 6: Tentative agreement reached: congratulations to the bargaining team! Workers at Ottawa International Airport, UCTE Local 70701, voted Wednesday strongly in favour of a strike mandate. This definitive show of support for their negotiating team is a response...

December 5, 2024

Federal Government plans to dip into pension surplus

Employers Pensions Treasury Board

Federal Government plans to dip into pension surplus

UCTE believes the federal government should use the surplus in the Public Service Pension Plan to fix the unfair two-tier system created by the Conservative Government. Read more at: Federal pension plan: Government plans to pocket $7.4 billion to give itself...

November 29, 2024

Campaigns Canadian Coast Guard UCTE campaigns

Lighthouse Keepers Campaign Update

Lighthouse keepers have moved off the two stations at Carmanah Point and Pachena Point as of October 25. Our campaign to stop the de-staffing of these two stations now must shift gears. The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) moved ahead to implement their...

November 27, 2024

Shortfalls in Airport Firefighting Regulations can Increase Risk for Air Travelers

airports Campaigns Media releases and statements UCTE campaigns

Shortfalls in Airport Firefighting Regulations can Increase Risk for Air Travelers

UCTE: Aviation regulations should be raised to international standards for release 10:45 a.m. November 5, 2024 New research shows how Canada is not meeting its domestic or international requirements under the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), says the Union of...

November 5, 2024

Mental Health Risks in the Workplace Study Now Available

Employers Health and safety PSAC Uncategorized

Mental Health Risks in the Workplace Study Now Available

UCTE reps help complete joint study to identify risks and support action We’re taking trauma, post-traumatic stress, and other mental health harms in the workplace very seriously, and we’re taking it on as union work. Employers have a legal duty...

October 31, 2024

Awards and scholarships Canadian Coast Guard Labour history

UCTE Wins Labour Media Award for 2024

At its 2024 convention, the Canadian Association of Labour Media recognized UCTE with its Ed Finn Award for Best Writing for “SOS Canadian Coast Guard Search & Rescue.” The article, a history of the origins of the Canadian Coast Guard by Ken...

October 24, 2024

What you didn’t know about the TSW pt. 2: staffing, ingenuity, dedication

Health and safety Parks Canada

What you didn’t know about the TSW pt. 2: staffing, ingenuity, dedication

“Work and life on the Trent-Severn Waterway is a way of life as much as it is a job,” explains Nicolas Angers, UCTE Regional Vice-president for Ontario. “We’re profoundly connected to our communities. Their safety and our work are inseparable.”...

October 11, 2024

What you didn’t know about the Trent-Severn Waterway part 1: Water control

Health and safety Parks Canada Treasury Board

What you didn’t know about the Trent-Severn Waterway part 1: Water control

If you’ve travelled the Trent-Severn waterway as a tourist, you’ve seen UCTE members – working for Parks Canada – operating the locks and dam systems, the impressive lift locks, and the genuinely awesome marine railway at Big Chute on the...

October 9, 2024