THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By Tannara Yelland November 30, 2012
On Nov. 23, hundreds of Walmart workers in 46 U.S. states walked off the job. Protesters joined the employees and supported their demands for living wages, an end to on-the-job sexual harassment and safe working conditions, among other things.
By The Sheaf November 9, 2012
Workers will have their sights set on the Saskatchewan fall legislature during the next few months as 15 pieces of labour legislation will become one law.
By Tannara Yelland August 25, 2012
You and the people you know may be treated well at your jobs despite not being unionized. But unions exist to fight for the rights of workers. They are the only type of organization that does this. To argue that unions are unnecessary is to argue that the rights of workers—which is to say, the rights of people, the rights of the majority of your fellow citizens—are unnecessary, irrelevant, passé. And that will never be the case.
By The Sheaf July 6, 2011
Teachers have marched, postal workers have stopped posting and air service personnel have stopped flying. This flurry of union activity is a reminder of the important role unions have in keeping employees happy and ensuring that employers are not being exploited.