News - Yukon Employees' Union

Straight Talk: That Facebook status is FOREVER!

December 03, 2014 1:03 AM

What happens on Facebook never stays on Facebook, and the internet is forever. If you beak off on Facebook or Twitter (or any public forum) about your boss, your coworkers, your employer or your workplace you may have broken your contract with your employer. If you are fired (and there’s...

CLC Pacific Winter School 2015

November 26, 2014 10:34 PM

Submit your application for CLC Pacific’s legendary Winter School union training today! YEU invites our activists to apply for Labour training offered by the Canadian Labour Congress at Harrison Hot Springs each year. We have created a short list of eligible courses which will be considered for our Yukon...

YEU Union dues to increase in January 2015

November 24, 2014 4:00 PM

Convention Delegates approved the first YEU general dues increase since 2008*. This will affect all members of YEU. Dues will increase from 0.527% to 0.6023%. The chart below shows how the YEU dues increase will affect your paycheque: Salary $ Monthly dues now $ NEW Monthly...

Guatemala, March 2015………… YOU may be forever changed.

November 21, 2014 10:31 PM

Invitation to the Guatemala project 2015: 4 Young Worker subsidies available!The PSAC Social Justice Fund invites you to participate in the next Education In Action project in Guatemala for 2 weeks in spring, March 6 – 20, 2015. The Education In Action (EIA) organization is supported in part by the...

YEU Human Rights Speaker Series 2014

November 14, 2014 5:10 PM

We are very excited to announce this year’s Human Rights Speaker Series. December 9-12 we offer noon hour presentations addressing human rights & social justice issues which impact our communities every day. Please join us for lunch as we explore these topics with panelists who really understand the issues. December...

YEU Standing Committees; we need YOU!

November 13, 2014 1:17 AM

Yukon Employees’ Union is governed by Bylaws created and modified by its membership. The elected Executive meets monthly and reports on the work they do as committee chairs, Local liaisons and Directors. Each Executive member is tasked with convening a committee to oversee certain areas of union business; the committees...

Revenue Canada now auditing Professional fees & Union dues

November 08, 2014 12:49 AM

Have YOU received a letter from the CRA?Revenue Canada has begun randomly selecting Canadians in order to audit their union and professional dues. We have been contacted by several of our members looking for documents and information to provide the CRA. If you receive a letter such as we show...

YEU Newsletter, October-November 2014

November 06, 2014 3:29 PM

Highlights in this issue: Convention follow-up, Education Bursary winners, New Dues Rate to take effect, From the President, CLiFF & more.Read the COMPLETE Newsletter here (PDF)

CLiFF v6, Whitehorse

November 05, 2014 10:19 PM

We are excited and proud to once again host the Canadian Labour International Film Festival at our YEU Office in Whitehorse. For six years now this festival has provided a platform for independent films from around the world showcasing work & workers from many backgrounds. These stories are not often...

Straight Talk: Beware the Union Organizer!

October 31, 2014 7:25 PM

We’ve been in the news a lot lately; we’ve had several new worksites unionize and we’ve been part of a very unpopular job action by Air North’s flight attendants. We thought we’d provide a bit of truth against the mythology that we are out there in Yukon communities with our...