News - Yukon Employees' Union

YG Mandatory Vaccine Requirements Confirmed without Consultation

November 10, 2021 2:23 PM

"As previously announced, in alignment with the recommendation of a/CMOH and as will be required by law, all public servants are required to have their first dose of COVID-19 vaccination by November 30, 2021; and their second dose by January 30, 2022." With those words and with the reinstatement of...

YEU Convention Delegates Elect New Executive

November 02, 2021 1:05 PM

The Yukon Employees' Union convened virtually for our Triennial Convention last week, after a year long COVID-19 delay. Delegates joined from their kitchen tables and home offices around the Territory to set the union's mandate for the next two years. Incumbent President Steve Geick was acclaimed, while Vice President, Communities...

YG Response to YEU, October 29th

November 01, 2021 2:18 PM

November 1, 2021 On Friday October 29 in the midst of the YEU Triennial Convention, YEU President Steve Geick met with Minister John Streicker for an update on the government's progress with their mandatory vaccine policy for Yukon workers. Unfortunately no new information was provided, and the policy is still...

Mandatory Vaccine Policy - UPDATE Oct. 21

October 21, 2021 10:58 AM

October 21, 2021 Yukon Employees’ Union leadership met Wednesday with the Government of Yukon. They are working to develop a plan or policy to support the employee vaccination mandate announced October 15th. We have provided the Public Service Commission with our concerns and have passed on those brought to us...

YEU and the Mandatory Vaccine Policy

October 18, 2021 3:52 PM

October 18, 2021 YEU President Steve Geick was interviewed today by CBC radio's Leonard Linklater, asking for the Union's response to the vaccine policy announced Friday October 15th. The Union's position is clear on both the importance of the vaccine policy and the obligation of employers to seek alternatives to...

Vaccines and Your Rights at Work

October 07, 2021 3:16 PM

Q 3: Can my employer require me to be vaccinated? No one can be physically forced to get a vaccine against their will. However, employers have an obligation to keep workplaces safe and, in the context of a global pandemic, may require employees to be vaccinated to continue to work. Given the Government of Canada has recently announced that it will require vaccination for employees...

YEU Newsletter, September 2021

September 14, 2021 4:35 PM

In this issue: Union Training in a Virtual World; YG Bargaining Conference - Let's Get to the Table; Lisa Vollans-Leduc, from Local Activist to Federal Candidate; The History of Bargaining in PSAC - Cal Best; Coming events and more.

Mandatory Vaccination Policies and Workers

August 19, 2021 3:54 PM

YEU supports the implementation of mandatory vaccines for workers as a powerful tool to help ensure safe workplaces for the health of the public, and for all workers. The use of discipline or threats of termination to enforce vaccination policies will not be accepted, and we will oppose any attempts...

YEU Newsletter, June 2021

June 23, 2021 2:56 PM

In this issue: YEU Triennial Convention planning; YG and City of Whitehorse Bargaining Updates; Workplace Violence & Harassment Prevention Training; New PSAC REVP North; YG OH&S Failure; Accommodations Practices at YG's DMU

Honouring our Strength; National Indigenous Peoples Day 2021

June 17, 2021 12:55 PM

As we turn our minds to National Indigenous Peoples Day I wonder, what we do have to celebrate? As a proud Tlingit/Tagish woman from the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, I hope my relations can find reasons to celebrate our resilience on June 21st. Our cultures and languages were once almost lost,...