Health and safety – Page 9 – Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

COVID-19 – Information and guidance for employees in Canada

UCTE has been monitoring the evolving coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) situation closely. We have noticed that many of our employers have provided some information and guidance to employees. As many UCTE members work in or have close contact with the transportation...

March 5, 2020

Health and safety Human rights

Today is #PinkShirtDay2020 – Stop harassment

Harassment has been and continues to be an important issue for members in the workplace. There can be devastating effects both on the mental and physical health of a person experiencing harassment. They often feel confused about what does or...

February 26, 2020

Health and safety

We need workplace scent-free policies

Anyone in the cosmetics industry will tell you that scents are very personal. They can evoke memories, affect your mood and some may say even communicate an aspect of a person’s personality. While all of this is positive, it is...

December 16, 2019

Health and safety

World Mental Health Day

Statistics show that 1 in 5 Canadians will experience mental health challenges in any given year. The focus is on finding help and solutions. Revealing the illness can be easier than finding just the right person to talk to about...

October 10, 2019

TSB recommendations continue to fall on Transport Canada deaf ears

Health and safety

TSB recommendations continue to fall on Transport Canada deaf ears

Ten years ago, off the coast of Newfoundland, a small fishing vessel sank. According to the Transportation Safety Board (TSB), a contributing factor was the lack of alarms to alert the crew that the vessel was taking on water below...

October 9, 2019

This is what it’s like to live with a tendering system

Health and safety

This is what it’s like to live with a tendering system

From my own experience, I was working on contract for the past 5 years and I must admit I wasn’t sure of anything. Nothing can be built or planned in the long term when you have no security. I even...

October 8, 2019

Two lives saved by our members in the Quebec Region

Health and safety

Two lives saved by our members in the Quebec Region

Monday, September 30, 2019, two people were on a cruise ship to the port of Quebec. They jumped out. The reasons for why are still an assumption that they wanted to stay in Canada. They had jumped out of the...

October 1, 2019

Health and safety Job Action

CLIMATE STRIKE in Ottawa, Canada with UCTE

We walked. We shouted. Today we walked for mother nature; our planet. We were proud to see how many people were there to strike. Just to let you know, they stopped the traffic for more than an hour in the...

September 27, 2019

Health and safety

Building the relationship with Nav Canada

This week, UCTE local presidents from every Nav Canada local as well as the UCTE National Executive and Nav Canada management met with the federal mediation services. After a strained round of bargaining and with changes in leadership at both...

September 27, 2019

New video highlights risks of privatization

Bargaining Updates Campaigns Health and safety Human rights

New video highlights risks of privatization

Working together, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and its component union, the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE), have produced a video to highlight the intolerable negative outcomes of the full-scale privatization of critical public infrastructure. Home to...

June 10, 2019