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Pilot Boat Crew: pitching and rolling for the safety of others

UCTE represents ships’ crew and dispatchers at the Atlantic Pilotage Authority, Great Lakes Pilotage Authority, and Laurentian Pilotage Authority. Jason Coakley works for the Atlantic Pilotage Authority in Halifax. There is more to our harbours than meets the eye of...

May 6, 2025

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Mental Health Awareness week 2025

This year, the Canadian Mental Health Association reminds us that “Living with mental health challenges often forces people to hide behind a “mask” to protect themselves from judgment and discrimination.” The masks can isolate and further burden people, making it...

May 5, 2025

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May is Asian Heritage Month

We salute our many members with Asian heritage, and we invite all members to learn and support Asian Heritage Month organizations and events in your community. We simply would not recognize the world we live in without the contributions of...

May 2, 2025

May Day 2025: continuing the fight for labour rights, justice, and equality

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May Day 2025: continuing the fight for labour rights, justice, and equality

On May 1 we observe May Day, aka International Workers’ Day. The U.S.A. and Canada observe Labour Day in September, but May 1 is the world’s Labour Day — by and for the international working class. How Labour Day Began...

May 1, 2025

Day of Mourning: “Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living”

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Day of Mourning: “Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living”

April 28 is one of the most significant days on the global labour movement’s calendar. The Labour movement created the Day of Mourning to commemorate workers killed or injured on the job. It started with American unions, then Canadian unions,...

April 28, 2025

World Book Day: read our union’s history

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World Book Day: read our union’s history

United in Action profiles the UCTE from the beginning of Canadian public-service labour organizing to the release of the book in 2023. Strikes, conventions, and political milestones are featured in this history, but also an awareness of the day-to-day hard...

April 23, 2025

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Earth Day 2025: “Our Power, Our Planet”

Did you know: our members’ work directly protects the natural environment in numerous ways. Enforcing regulations and maintaining transportation networks does more than assure safety. It has roles in conservation, wildlife habitat preservation, waste reduction, pollution reduction – all of...

April 22, 2025

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Doing the Work: 2024 ULDP Graduates

The Union Leadership Development Program is an education course whose purpose is to develop and empower future leaders. The PSAC holds it once per three-year cycle, combining in-person and remote learning sessions over the course of roughly a year. The...

April 10, 2025

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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