Media Releases

  • Provincial budget must include a plan for workers: SFL

    With the release of the provincial budget just one week away, the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) is releasing its priorities for the 2021-22 provincial budget, which must be focused on putting workers first through significant investment in job creation, public services, and making life better for working people in Saskatchewan.

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  • Labour: Protect worker rights, not gig employers

    The Canadian Labour Congress and provincial and territorial federations of labour find Uber’s self serving proposal for Flexible Work+ dangerous, undermining and offensive to the rights and dignity of workers. The plan, rolled out over the past few weeks, signals the companies’ intention to pressure governments to invent a niche category for app-based employment. Like Proposition 22 in California, Uber now wants to enshrine insecurity and inferior work conditions into Canadian legislation while undermining the right of workers to organize.

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  • Paid time off for vaccines shows need for paid sick leave: SFL

    The provincial government’s announcement today of paid time off for workers to get their vaccines highlights the importance of workers being healthy and safe in their workplaces and proves the need for paid sick leave for all workers in Saskatchewan, especially while workers wait for their turn to get vaccinated, according to the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL).

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  • We can't afford to wait. It's time for paid sick leave for every worker in Canada

    In advance of the federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers’ meeting, provincial and territorial federations of labour are united in demanding that provincial and territorial governments guarantee seamless access to universal, permanent and adequate employer-paid sick days for all workers.

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  • Premier’s comments show Sask. Party has no respect for workers

    The Premier’s comments while speaking at the Saskatchewan Municipalities convention yesterday shows that the Sask. Party government has no respect for the workers in Saskatchewan who are putting their health and safety at risk on the front lines as cases of COVID-19 in the province continue to grow.

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  • Report shows Sask. Party leaving workers behind on COVID-19 response

    A new report shows that the Sask. Party government is leaving workers behind when it comes to their response on COVID-19, with millions of federal dollars earmarked for supporting workers being left on the table as the virus continues to spread across the province.

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  • SFL moving #ForwardTogether in virtual Women’s March

    The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour is joining YWCA Regina’s third annual Women’s March this Saturday, January 16th. The SFL is inviting and encouraging all workers and community members to join in to march virtually and move #ForwardTogether.

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  • SFL renews call for presumptive workers compensation coverage for COVID-19

    SFL renews call for presumptive workers compensation coverage for COVID-19Numbers show Saskatchewan has one of the lowest rates of approved COVID-19 WCB claims in Canada

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  • SFL calls on Sask. Party government to make ‘hero pay’ available to all workers

    The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour is calling on the Sask. Party government to allocate the remainder of the money made available by the federal government to support essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Paid sick leave essential to reducing the spread of COVID-19

    As cases of COVID-19 across the province continue to skyrocket, the ability for workers to stay at home if they are feeling ill is vital towards stopping the spread of the virus. Unfortunately for many workers in Saskatchewan, making the decision to stay home comes with significant financial consequences.

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  • SFL Statement on the Transgender Day of Remembrance

    Today, the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour stands in solidarity with trans people and allies to mark the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. Today is a day to celebrate and honour the lives of those who have been killed as a result of transphobic violence, and to call atten­tion to the con­tin­ued vio­lence experienced by trans­gen­der people in Saskatchewan, Canada and around the world.

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  • Gov’t must act now to stop the spread of COVID-19, protect workers

    The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour is joining with unions, labour leaders, and health care professionals in urging the provincial government to take immediate action to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the province.

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