Vision Statement

To achieve a healthier lifestyle and workplace through research, education, contract language, legislation and heightened awareness of union and non-union workers along with their respective employer.

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The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour's Shift Work Committee is dedicated to working jointly with the Balancing Work and Family initiative.

As a result of downsizing and restructuring, employees have more work to do in less time, according to the authors of Work Life Balance in Saskatchewan, Realities and Changes.

* Almost one third of Canadian workers are involved in some kind of shift work.

* Between eighty and ninety per cent of shift workers express concerns about fatigue and drowsiness on the job.

* Sleep, alertness, hunger and many other aspects of life are controlled by biological rhythms.

* Shift work upsets these rhythms and takes a toll on the long term health and well being of workers.

* Shift workers are more likely to experience a wide range of digestive problems and have higher than normal rates of heart disease.

Current Shift Work Committee members are:

Bryan Barnes CEP 922 (Chair)
hdlc@sasktel.net

Cheryl Carlson SUN
Stacy Graham PSAC 40005
Garry Malaryk UMWA 7606
Bonnie McRae SGEU
Nancy Murdoch UFCW 248-P
Denise Nicurity COPE 397
Howard Robinson CEP
Terry Rohatyn UMWA 7606
Terry Schneider CEP 594
Norm Simard IBEW 2067
Sandy Weyland HDLC
Pauline Yung CUPE 3967
Terry Zahorski CUPW 820

Shift Work Study

The SFL has asked the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA Sask) to research and prepare a study on shift work in Saskatchewan. We plan to identify who works shift work, where they work and outline some of the experiences they encounter. We will itemize what steps shift workers can take to deal with the effects of their work schedules.

REPORT:
Protecting the Vulnerability of Shift Workers
Click here

Click here for Power Point presentation on Shiftwork and Stress

Powerpoint presentation from Dr. David Cotton, Director of the Saskatoon Health District's Sleep Disorder Clinic to the SFL Shiftwork Conference March 31, 2008 click here....

Check out our shift work pamphlets:

Shift Work and Women (click here)....

Shift Work and Stress (click here)....

Shift Work and Family (click here)....

Shift Work and Negotiations (click here)....

Shift Work and Sleep Disorders (click here)....

Shift Work and Nutrition (click here)....

Shift Work and Sleep Habits (click here)....