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Sask. Party budget fails workers during a crucial moment
March 23, 2022Today’s provincial budget released by the Sask. Party government gives little hope to workers who were looking for a serious plan focused on job creation and growing the economy.
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Two years later, workers still left behind in pandemic response
March 10, 2022Today marks two years since the COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Two years later, the provincial government has made it clear that they have not learned any lessons from the worst health crisis in Canadian history, as workers are still being left behind without access to paid sick leave, proper PPE, and the necessary information they need to ensure that they are being kept safe at work.
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End of proof of vaccination requirement puts workers at risk
February 8, 2022The provincial government’s decision to end proof of vaccination requirements will put the safety of workers at risk as COVID-19 continues to spread across the province and hospitalizations remain high.
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SFL launches campaign to demand workers are kept safe from continued COVID spread
February 7, 2022It’s time for Sask. Party MLAs to stop catering to extremists and listen to their constituents.
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Saskatchewan’s Frontline Workers Call on Government to Protect Vital Services
January 20, 2022Today, unions representing more than 113,000 Saskatchewan workers collectively call on the Government of Saskatchewan and Premier Scott Moe to immediately mandate the recommendations of the province’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab.
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Partisan Sask. Party privatization czar at SHA puts future of public health care at risk
January 17, 2022The recent appointment of a longtime Sask. Party political operative at the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) tasked to oversee the privatization of health care across the province is a clear signal that the government is moving forward with their plans to take even more publicly provided health care services and place them in the hands of private, for profit corporations.
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Urgent action needed to keep workers safe from Omicron variant: SFL
January 5, 2022Today’s press conference by the Sask. Party government continued to ignore the many risks workers are facing with the most recent variant of COVID-19, and offered no additional supports to keep workers safe despite Saskatchewan currently having the third highest number of cases per capita in the country.
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By forcing workers to get sick, it’s clear the Sask Party has learned nothing after five waves of COVID-19
January 3, 2022As Saskatchewan enters a fifth wave of COVID-19, it’s clear that the Sask. Party has learned nothing from their disastrous handling of the previous four waves of the virus, and are once again forcing workers to get sick while offering no protections or supports during the most contagious variant of COVID-19 yet.
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SFL recognizes the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
December 6, 2021SFL recognizes the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
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Government throne speech fails workers in the midst of crisis
October 27, 2021Today’s throne speech from the Sask. Party government fails working people in Saskatchewan, offering no plans to fix the current COVID-19 crisis in the province that is overwhelming our hospitals and pushing workers to the brink.
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SFL convention delegates condemn Sask. Party for handling of pandemic, demand Health Minister resign
October 22, 2021Today, delegates at the 65th Annual Saskatchewan Federation of Labour Convention passed resolutions condemning the Sask. Party government for their mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and demanding the resignation of the Health Minister for ignoring the repeated warnings of health care professionals that has led to a devastating fourth wave in the province.
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Lori Johb re-elected as President of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
October 22, 2021Today, delegates at the 65th Annual Saskatchewan Federation of Labour Convention re-elected Lori Johb as SFL President.
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