Issue – Page 6 – Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

The Social Justice Fund and Global Human Rights

Our work as a union is always centered on our members’ workplaces. Nonetheless, the impact of our work has global reach. The Social Justice Fund (SJF) is an initiative of all of PSAC together. The Fund’s mission, “The promotion of the right...

December 10, 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

Mourn, Reflect, and Work to End Gender-based Violence

Equity Human rights Social justice

Mourn, Reflect, and Work to End Gender-based Violence

December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Today we remember those who have experienced gender-based violence (GBV). It is also a time to reflect and act. We can end GBV, but we must...

December 6, 2024

Equity Human rights in memoriam

Mourning the Honourable Murray Sinclair

Along with so many other organizations and individuals, the UCTE mourns the honourable Murray Sinclair, who passed away yesterday. We send our condolences to his family and friends. Senator, Judge, and Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Sinclair guided...

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

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

Feds are Following up on National Framework on Cancers Linked to Firefighting

Health and safety

Feds are Following up on National Framework on Cancers Linked to Firefighting

Full funding was announced Monday “This is near and dear to my heart’” says YVR Firefighter Jeremy McNulty. “I lost my Lieutenant to cancer last year.” McNulty is devoted to UCTE’s campaign to improve prevention and treatment for our brothers...

October 8, 2024

Input Call for Bargaining Demands – Treasury Board

Health and safety PSAC Treasury Board

Input Call for Bargaining Demands – Treasury Board

The Input Call for Bargaining Demands for the next round of negotiations is currently open for the following Treasury Board bargaining units: Program Administration (PA), Operational (SV), Technical (TC) and Education/Library Science (EB). To enhance members’ voice and increase accessibility...

October 3, 2024

Equity Human rights PSAC Uncategorized

Reconciliation is a Labour Issue Too

This is Truth and Reconciliation Week, and Monday, September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR). But you may have questions: what does this day mean, and what does it have to do with our work as a...

September 25, 2024