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Q+A | Yukon's largest public sector union is under administration. What does that mean? 2026-03-24 [CBC]

Yukon Employees' Union Placed in Administration 2026-03-19 [YEU]

Yukon Employees' Union placed under administration by parent union 2026-03-19 [CBC]

Yukon University tentative agreement reached, says employees' union 2026-02-25 [CBC]

Yukon University and employees’ union to resume talks ahead of potential strike 2026-02-23 [CBC]

Yukon University and employees’ union to resume talks ahead of potential strike 2026-02-23 [CBC]

Students should be considered amidst Yukon U labour dispute, advocate says 2026-02-20 [CBC]

Yukon University pulls out of its role in upcoming Arctic Winter Games 2026-02-04 [Eye on the Arctic]

Union wouldn't offer picket line assurances, AWG organizers say 2026-02-04 [CBC]

Yukon University pulls out of its role in upcoming Arctic Winter Games 2026-02-03 [CBC]

Over 400 Yukon University employees vote in favour of strike mandate 2026-01-22 [CKRW]

Yukon University employees back strike mandate as disputes continue 2026-01-22 [Yukon News]

On organizing a queer collective agreement in the Yukon: a conversation 2025-11-03 [Briarpatch]

How the Canada Post restructuring and strike could affect the Yukon 2025-10-01 [Yukon News]

Elections Yukon makes changes ahead of upcoming vote due to Canada Post strike 2025-09-30 [Canadian Press]

Striking workers set up picket line in Whitehorse 2025-09-27 [CBC]

Union airs policy grievance against city's use of contract workers 2025-08-12 [HRD]

Union calls out City of Whitehorse for contract labour 2025-08-08 [HR Law]

Labour Relations Advisor 2025-07-03 [YEU]

Urgent Pension Update For more info 2025-04-24 [YEU]

Safe Drinking Water for Workers – April 2025 YEU update For more info 2025-04-04 [YEU]

Paid Sick days are key to maintaining safe workplaces, public heath, and the economy. 2025-03-02 [YFL]

Union leader calls for investigation into City of Whitehorse staff delivering mail during Canada Post strike 2025-01-09 [CBC]

Friends and Family Support CUPW Whitehorse Postal Workers 2024-12-08 [YFL]

Yukon Canada Post workers join nationwide strike over pay and conditions 2024-11-21 [Yukon News]

Email shows unions initially left off group to get health workers in Yukon 2024-10-26 [Yukon News]

Union snaps back as Yukon minister accuses it of bargaining at committee table 2024-10-23 [Yukon News]

Union files grievance over delay in testing for lead in Yukon school water 2024-10-21 [ENC]

Union files grievance over delay in testing for lead in Yukon school water 2024-10-18 [CBC]

Unions split from group geared to getting Yukon more health-care workers 2024-10-12 [Yukon News]

Unions quit steering committee aimed at fixing Yukon's health worker crisis 2024-10-10 [CBC]

Victoria Gold Eagle Mine Workers Face Urgent Deadline for Compensation Claims 2024-10-06 [YFL]

Pay public Yukon hospital workers same as private agencies: union 2024-09-02 [Yukon News]

New agreement aims to address possible issues for unionized healthcare workers during Health Authority transition 2024-04-30 [CKRW]

NDP, YG offer varying views on achieving MOU with health care unions 2024-04-26 [The Star]

Remediation workers in Faro, Yukon, join United Steelworkers union 2024-04-17 [CBC]

Hospital unions ratify, Yukon Hospital Corporation approves collective deal 2024-04-14 [The News]

Labour group says unions frozen out of talks over new Yukon health authority 2024-04-14 [CBC]

Yukon workers at Parsons Inc. in Faro join the United Steelworkers union 2024-04-13 [USW]

'Incredibly shocking': health premiums for Yukon gov't workers to increase 52.8 per cent 2024-03-26 [CBC]

Hospital Corporation and workers’ unions tentatively agree, unions say 2024-03-02 [The News]

Hospital Corporation employees vote in favor of strike mandate 2024-03-01 [CKRW]

Hospital workers give union strike mandate as contract talks resume 2024-03-01 [CBC]

Migrant workers in the Yukon are organizing. The labour movement needs to support them 2023-11-06 [Briarpatch]

YEU elects new leadership 2023-10-31 [CBC]

Workers at White Pass Yukon Route could strike in mid-August 2023-07-15 [The News]

Workers at White Pass & Yukon Route vote to authorize possible strike 2023-07-08 [CBC]

overnment says it's implemented plan for safer schools 2023-06-24 [CBC]

Government workers ratify new tentative agreement 2023-06-07 [CBC]

On verge of strike vote, Yukon government reaches tentative agreement with employees' union 2023-05-27 [CBC]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

2-03-1986 Workers in Newfoundland and Labrador's Transport and Public Works departments begin an illegal strike in response to a law that requires public sector unions to designate 49 per cent of their members as essential before taking strike action. [more]

3-03-1937 Polish and Italian migrant workers start a sit-down strike at the Holmes Foundry in Sarnia, Ontario. A mob of 300 "Canadian-born" men evict them and also attack their homes. Fifty workers are injured. [more]

4-03-1919 Canadian soldiers waiting for demobilization at an army camp in Wales riot against delays in returning them home. Five men are killed and dozens arrested before the mutiny is suppressed, but plans for demobilization are speeded up. [more]

4-03-1910 An avalanche in the Rogers Pass, British Columbia, takes the lives of workers clearing snow from Canadian Pacific Railway tracks. A total of 62 bodies are recovered, including four the following spring. The dead include 32 contract labourers from Japan. [more]

6-03-1925 Nova Scotia coal miners shut down the mines after the British Empire Steel Corporation refuses to continue contract negotiations and cuts off credit at company stores. It is the beginning of an historic five-month strike. [more]

7-03-1978 Women workers begin a 23-week strike for a first contract at a small auto parts plant in Centralia, Ontario. The Fleck workers' militancy wins wide support and shows the need for reforms in labour law. [more]

8-03-1980 In Hamilton, Ontario, an International Women's Day rally features the Women Back Into Stelco campaign. A human rights complaint by five women forces a major steel company to change their hiring practices. [more]

9-03-1906 Mineworkers in the Lethbridge, Alberta district go on strike against poverty wages and are met by scabs, police and private detectives. They win a small wage increase with the help of a mediator, but the company refuses to recognize the union. [more]

10-03-1925 The Hamilton Tigers, who finished first in the regular hockey season, strike for an increase of $200 per game. Five days later, the team is suspended from further play for the Stanley Cup. [more]

10-03-1957 Copper miners at Murdochville, Quebec launch a strike for union recognition. The unsuccessful struggle lasts seven months and the courts award Noranda Mines $1.5 million in damages, to be paid by the United Steelworkers. [more]

12-03-2012 Union organizer and feminist Madeleine Parent, born in Montreal in 1918, dies at age 93 after a lifetime of service to the organization of workers and the cause of social justice. [more]

13-03-1919 In Calgary, Alberta, the Western Canadian Labour Conference calls for sweeping political and economic changes, including abolition of production for profit and the organization of workers on industrial lines. They adopt the name One Big Union. [more]

17-03-1960 Five Italian immigrant workers die in an underground tunnel at a watermain construction project in suburban Toronto. The Hogg's Hollow Disaster draws public attention to the unsafe conditions in construction and the exploitation of immigrant workers. [more]

25-03-2006 An accounting instructor dies from injuries received on the picket line at Centennial College in Toronto during a province-wide strike. John Stammers, 62, was a member of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. [more]

27-03-1912 Thousands of workers start to walk out of railway construction camps on the Fraser River in British Columbia in a strike led by the Industrial Workers of the World. When Joe Hill visits, he writes a song for the Wobbly song book. [more]

31-03-2004 Bill C-45 comes into force, amending the Criminal Code to impose penalties on corporations and managers for violations causing workplace injuries or death. It is named the Westray Bill after the 1992 mine disaster. [more]

31-03-1949 The Canadian Seamen's Union launches a strike to defend union contracts. Shipping companies and Canadian authorities collaborate with the Seafarers' International Union to drive out the CSU. [more]