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Five things to watch for in the provincial budget
March 18, 2022As the Sask. Party government prepares to present a provincial budget later in March, here are five things that Saskatchewan’s labour movement will be looking for:
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Conservative premiers will bring in American-style health care if we don’t stop them, say labour federation presidents
March 16, 2022The presidents of provincial labour federations are putting pressure on the federal government to step up their contributions to public health care and protect Canada’s public system from Conservative right-wing provincial privatization schemes.
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Johb: Provincial budget must be focused on job creation
March 14, 2022Two years into the pandemic, workers in Saskatchewan are struggling. A recent Angus Reid survey revealed that a startling 41 per cent of Saskatchewan people were concerned that they could lose their job due to the state of the economy; 51 per cent reported that they were carrying too much debt, and 61 per cent responded that they wouldn’t be able to cover an emergency expense over $1,000.
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Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau- Invest in Public Healthcare
March 9, 2022I am writing to call on your government to address the severe and urgent need for additional investment in public health care. Federations of Labour across the Country represent over 3 million workers including hundreds of thousands of care workers. We strongly urge your government to act immediately to increase the resources available to improve the capacity of publicly-funded, publicly-delivered health systems.
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Letter to Premier Moe and Minister Morgan: Urgent Actions to Protect Workers in Sask. from COVID-19
February 28, 2022I am writing to you today to bring to your attention the urgent need for COVID-19 updates to be provided to the public on a regular basis, as well as several other urgent and necessary actions that the provincial government must take so that workers both be kept safe at work as well as know about the risks they face in their workplace due to COVID-19.
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5 things to know about paid sick leave in Saskatchewan
February 16, 2022We read the fine print so you don’t have to! Welcome to “5 things to know about…” a series of blogs that cover major issues facing the working people of Saskatchewan.
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Everything you thought you knew about minimum wage workers is wrong
February 16, 2022On October. 1, 2021, the Saskatchewan government raised the provincial minimum wage from $11.45 to $11.81.
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Open Letter to Premier Scott Moe: Saskatchewan’s Frontline Workers Call on Government to Protect Vital Services
January 26, 2022On Thursday, January 20, 2022, unions, and professional organizations representing more than 113,000 Saskatchewan workers addressed the media and publicly called on the Government of Saskatchewan to immediately mandate the recommendations of our province’s Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab.
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Labour Day is a reminder to put workers first
September 23, 2021Every year on Labour Day, we gather to celebrate the contributions of workers across the country. This year’s Labour Day will be different once again as uncertainty around COVID-19 makes it difficult for us all to come together at our annual barbecues across the province. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic is still a part of our lives, even though we would like to be able to leave the challenges of the past 18 months behind us.
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Saskatchewan needs affordable, accessible childcare
June 30, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the extent to which our economy depends on child care. Schools, camps and most child care facilities have had to close. Parents have had to take on a heavy load of unpaid care work.
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Conversion Therapy: Sask. Party must take a stand
June 25, 2021The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour’s Solidarity and Pride Committee is calling on the Sask. Party government to be clear about where they stand on the federal bill to ban the dangerous practice of conversion therapy, after half of their federal counterparts, including 13 Saskatchewan MPs, voted against the bill in June.
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Federations of Labour campaign for paid sick days
April 14, 2021Earlier this month in advance of the federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers’ meeting, provincial and territorial federations of labour launched a campaign 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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