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Saskatchewan Federation of Labour donates $22,000 to women in need
December 14, 2017The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) has donated a total of $22,000 to 22 different shelters and organizations across the province that provide services for women in need.
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Interpersonal Violence Bill Missing Key Components for Support
December 7, 2017Today the provincial government introduced and passed amendments to The Saskatchewan Employment Act respecting Interpersonal Violence Leave to allow victims or family members impacted by the effects of domestic violence leave from work for up to 10 days without pay in a period of 52 weeks. The amendments to this act include defining victims of interpersonal violence to mean an employee, a child of an employee, or an employee who is a caregiver. Furthermore, the provincial government has proposed that interpersonal violence leave will follow compassionate care leave in The Saskatchewan Employment Act.
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SFL recognizes the National Day of Remembrance and Action to End Violence Against Women
December 5, 2017Tomorrow – December 6th – is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) recognizes this important day, and remembers the École Polytechnique shooting when 14 young women lost their lives.
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Sask. Party government retracts only 49% of Bill 40, doesn’t count as a repeal
November 21, 2017The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) is calling on the Sask. Party government to fully repeal its unpopular and unnecessary Bill 40, including provisions that let the provincial government ‘wind-up’ or dissolve any Crown corporation and liquidate its assets – all without asking Saskatchewan people.
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SFL calls for adoption of Bill 605 to give survivors of domestic violence paid leave
November 7, 2017Today, the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) is calling for the adoption of a private member’s bill that would see necessary supports put into place for survivors of domestic violence, including paid leave.
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Throne Speech a Hollow Epitaph for Brad Wall’s Career
October 25, 2017As hundreds of voters rallied outside the Legislature opposing the Sask. Party government’s heartless cuts, layoffs, privatization, and growing list of scandals, Premier Wall was inside the legislature putting the final chisels into the epitaph for his political career. A career mired in waste, shady backroom deals, sell-offs, debt, deficit, and deceit.
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SFL partners with Hillberg & Berk to support survivors of domestic violence
September 6, 2017The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) and Hillberg & Berk – a Canadian Jeweler with international fame based in Saskatchewan – have partnered to exclusively offer Burgundy Sparkle Ball™ Earrings to End Domestic Violence. The earrings, which cost $70, will be sold by the SFL and all proceeds will go to the Provincial Association of Transitional Houses and Services of Saskatchewan (PATHS) for the services they provide to survivors of domestic violence.
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SFL celebrates Labour Day by calling for Pharmacare and fairness for Saskatchewan people
September 4, 2017Saskatchewan’s labour movement is joining with the Canadian Labour Congress on Labour Day to urge provincial and federal governments for a national Pharmacare plan to ensure all Saskatchewan people and Canadians have access to life-saving medications, and to bring down the costs of the current system.
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In unprecedented move, Sask. Party government rejects labour appointment to LRB
August 4, 2017In a letter dated July 31, 2017, the Deputy Minister for Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Mike Carr, wrote to the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) informing us that Minister Don Morgan has confirmed the Sask. Party government is denying a labour appointment to the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board (SLRB). This circumstance marks a troubling new precedent of the provincial government hand-picking labour representatives, even if those representatives do not have the support of the group they represent.
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Labour leaders to premiers: collective bargaining, better labour laws good for the economy Evidence shows economic growth, higher standards for workers go hand-in-hand
July 20, 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2017Labour leaders to premiers: collective bargaining, better labour laws good for the economy Evidence shows economic growth, higher standards for workers go hand-in-hand
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Canada’s labour leaders to the premiers: Saskatchewan people & all Canadians need life-saving Pharmacare Plan
July 20, 2017Meeting in Alberta concurrently to the Council of the Federation, labour leaders from across Canada urge the premiers to lobby the federal government for a national Pharmacare plan to ensure all Saskatchewan people and Canadians have access to life-saving medications, and to bring down the costs of the current system.
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Premier Goes to Big-Money, Cash-for-Access Fundraiser Giving the Gift of Bill 40
April 27, 2017The Sask. Party government rammed Bill 40 – its latest betrayal to Saskatchewan people – through the Legislature yesterday, just in time for the premier’s big-money, cash-for-access schmoozefest with Sask. Party donors.
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