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Dedicated Mailbox for Classification Grievances

Dedicated Mailbox for Classification Grievances

Local executive officers and shop stewards handling grievances: please note this important information regarding transmittal of classification grievances. There is a dedicated mailbox for classification grievances and inquiries regarding classification-related matters. The following types of grievances: should be sent to the...

December 10, 2025

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Advocating for Rights

December 10th is Human Rights Day. Please take some time today to reflect and learn about human rights, and to act – even if you just have a few minutes. The Amnesty International Write for Rights event provides a way...

December 10, 2025

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Recognizing Aviation Workers

This is International Civil Aviation Day. This day was established in 1994 on the 50th anniversary of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Canada is a founding member of ICAO – headquartered in Montreal — where member states work together...

December 7, 2025

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Remembrance and Action

Each year Canada mourns and remembers the misogyny-driven murders of 14 women at Polytechnique Montreal on December 6, 1989. We remember them by holding vigils and saying their names. They are: Look for a vigil in your community. In addition...

December 6, 2025

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Fund the Canadian Disability Benefit

On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities we spotlight the Fund the Benefit campaign. Persons with Access needs are disproportionately likely to face poverty and food insecurity. The campaign aims to financially support Canadians with disabilities. Years of activism...

December 3, 2025

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End New HIV Cases by 2030

The World Aids Day organization is running a momentous campaign. The goal: to take the final steps in ending new HIV cases. From the 1980s — when AIDS first became well-known — to today, medical progress and social progress has...

December 1, 2025

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Impasse at NAV CANADA

Today, November 30, is day 700 without a contract for more than two hundred employees at NAV CANADA in nine UCTE locals all across the country. Members will not stand by and wait. They are standing strong behind the UCTE-PSAC...

November 30, 2025

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Union Work is Also Caring Work

UCTE represents workers at NAV CANADA who do scheduling, infrastructure and facilities work, learning development, specialists, and administration. Anita Sayaphet does quality assurance work on NAV CANADA’s Air Traffic Services training. She works in Edmonton and serves as President of...

November 26, 2025

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We Must Stop Gender-Based Violence

Gender-based violence (GBV) is still far too common. Almost one in three women have faced gender-based violence at least once in their life. Violence against women and girls happens in our workplaces, in our homes, and online. The United Nations’...

November 25, 2025

Transport Canada Jeopardizes their Employees’ Mental Health

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Transport Canada Jeopardizes their Employees’ Mental Health

for immediate release As indicated in federal budget 2025, the Aircraft Services Directorate (ASD) of Transport Canada is to be transferred to the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) but to date neither the workers nor the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees...

November 21, 2025