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UCTE Wins Scheduling Case for Firefighter Members

An arbitration award restores our Local 60605 firefighter members at Moncton airport to their schedules. The grievance, filed in 2022, arose from the employer, Greater Moncton Airport Authority, changing firefighters’ schedules from 18-hour shifts to 12-hour shifts. UCTE and the...

November 7, 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

Shortfalls in Airport Firefighting Regulations can Increase Risk for Air Travelers

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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

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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

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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

Convention 2023 Labour history

United in Action

Documenting over a hundred years of organizing At Convention 2023, UCTE released United in Action. In 150 pages it chronicles the history of UCTE – from the very origins of labour organizing within the federal civil service, through strikes and struggles up...

October 22, 2024

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Scholarships for 2024 Awarded

Congratulations to Joshua Healey and Élise Maltais, the students awarded our scholarships this year. Each year, the Canadian Union of Transport Employees proudly offers two scholarships of $2500, one based on academic achievement and the other based on financial need....

October 21, 2024

All Workers Should Retire in Dignity: Fix the two-tier injustice!

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All Workers Should Retire in Dignity: Fix the two-tier injustice!

Many UCTE members will remember the sting of the 2012 Harper-era reforms to the Federal Public Service Pension Plan. These changes increased the normal retirement age (from 60 to 65) and also the early retirement age without penalty (for employees...

October 18, 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

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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