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World Health Day

This year’s theme for World health Day is “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures.” The focus is on maternal and newborn health. Why April 7? The World Health Organization was founded on April 7, 1948. In normal times and in times of...

April 7, 2025

Registration call: 2025 PSAC National Women’s Conference

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Registration call: 2025 PSAC National Women’s Conference

PSAC women members in good standing are invited to apply to be a delegate to the PSAC’s 2025 National Women’s Conference. The conference will be held in person in November in Toronto. The theme is “Women United: Breaking Barriers and...

April 4, 2025

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Walk to Work Day, April 4

Walking is transport too, though we seldom think about it that way and of course it is not regulated like the modes – rail, marine, and air — that UCTE members work on. Still, walking is a crucial part of...

April 4, 2025

Bargaining update – negotiations with NAV Canada

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Bargaining update – negotiations with NAV Canada

The NAV CANADA bargaining team met with the employer February 25 to 27 and March 25 to 27. We reached an agreement on several issues, including the right to take nursing breaks without loss of pay. We also negotiated language...

April 3, 2025

Visibility, Inclusion, Combatting Transphobia

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Visibility, Inclusion, Combatting Transphobia

March 31 is the National Transgender Day of Visibility, since it was first observed in 2009, to celebrate living trans and non-binary people, and not just those who have died by transphobic violence – that is, to supplement the Trans...

March 31, 2025

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World Water Day and Public Services

UCTE members work on and with water from coast to coast to coast. In fact, a great many public-service workers – in UCTE and beyond – spend their days ensuring water cleanliness, stability, or otherwise dealing with water and its...

March 22, 2025

Exemplary Service Medals for Newfoundland CCG Members

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Exemplary Service Medals for Newfoundland CCG Members

Congratulations to four UCTE members who were recognized on Wednesday for long and distinguished service with the Canadian Coast Guard. Mike Johnson and Mike Maloney are on the executive of Local 90915. Daniel Duffett and Morris Green are Lighthouse Keepers...

March 21, 2025

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Not just a matter of interpersonal relations, racism is structurally embedded. That means that changing individual attitudes and biases is not enough to root it out. March 21 is the date of the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, in 1960....

March 21, 2025

A Check -in on Safety Management Systems – UCTE Concerns Still Valid

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A Check -in on Safety Management Systems – UCTE Concerns Still Valid

A Transport Canada inspector demystifies issues and updates us Members who are newer to UCTE may not have heard about Safety Management Systems (SMS), and those who are more familiar may not have heard anything about it for a while....

March 14, 2025

The Trudeau Liberals’ Mixed Record on Worker Rights

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The Trudeau Liberals’ Mixed Record on Worker Rights

A new Liberal leader probably means an imminent election – or at least that’s the plan that was announced when Trudeau prorogued parliament in January. That brings an end to the session of Parliament. What have the Trudeau years been...

March 13, 2025