Employer-sponsored Canadian pension funds plunged by more than $82 billion in the third quarter of 2008, a drop of 8.7%. It was the biggest decline in more than a decade, Statistics Canada reports.

Earth Hour is quickly approaching - on Saturday, March 28th at 8:30 pm, millions of Canadians will turn out their lights to support the largest global public demonstration on climate change!…

National Social Work Month is being celebrated across the country in March. The MGEU and its National Union (NUPGE) are pleased to recognize and thank social workers in all regions for the…

The British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU/NUPGE) is open to the idea of a four-day work week to help the province save money but it would have to be entirely voluntary.

From March 10 -12, Nelson McIntyre Collegiate in Winnipeg presents Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock. This thought-provoking musical from 1937 addresses a number of social issues…

Equality and human rights activists from Components of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) met in Ottawa last Friday to discuss how to defend and expand equality and…

The Canadian theme for International Women’s Day 2009 is “Strong Leadership. Strong Women. Strong World: Equality.”

Friday, February 27th, 2009 marks Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) awareness day. On this awareness day the National Union joins labour unions across Canada to urge employers to take these soft…

NUPGE endorses an open letter to Parliament that challenges MPs to accept climate change targets based on Science.

Former federal government workers who were transferred to provincial governments in 1992, 1997 and 1998 under the terms of an employee transfer agreement may be entitled to cash compensation…

In September 2007, a review of the Public Service Group Insurance Fund revealed an actuarial surplus of approximately $10 million. Based on past practice, the Superannuation Liaison…

Ottawa (27 Jan. 2009) – The Harper government has let Canadians down again with a stimulus package that is short on the bold investments needed to boost the economy, create jobs and protect…

Yesterday the Federal Government handed down the much-anticipated 2009 budget. As many suspected, the two-year $64 billion stimulus package is not aimed squarely at one target but spread…

Balancing responsibilities at work and at home is a greater stressor for women. Although, all working people report they are suffering from more stress related to balancing responsibilities…

Members from Seine River School Division ratified a new three-year collective agreement.

Frontline workers in health care, community-based social services and the justice system converged on Ottawa this week to tell provincial premiers and the federal government that to be…

More than 250 members of the Professional Paramedics Association of Winnipeg (PPAW) recently voted to amalgamate with the province’s largest union – the Manitoba Government and General…

Ottawa (22 Jan. 2009) -- As Canada’s parliamentarians gather next week to debate the federal budget and how to tackle the economic crisis, it is important that intelligent policy decisions be…

As Canada’s first ministers gathered in Ottawa last week to discuss the growing economic crisis, frontline workers in health care, community-based social services and the justice system were…

Arbitrator Michael Werier’s ruling as it relates to Correctional Officers (MGEU) and the Province of Manitoba was handed down today. The entire ruling has been passed on to the Corrections…