The Union of Northern Workers (UNW) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) will be conducting ratification meetings on a new tentative agreement with the ACDC. Members ON-SITE between…

After months of working at the bargaining table, your bargaining team has come to an agreement with the employer. We made some significant steps forward and fought off the employer’s biggest…

Your Bargaining Team is meeting regularly with the employer for contract negotiations. Updates on each bargaining meeting are being provided via email and on UNW Bulletin Boards on site. Please…

March 28, 2023 TO: ALL UNW/PSAC LOCAL 25 MEMBERS AT AVENS The union and employer will be meeting April 5th and 6th for conciliation.  Conciliation is a step in the bargaining process that brings…

Check your emails ASAP - Very Important Return to Work information!

City of Yellowknife Workers Vote in Favour of the New Collective Agreement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Yellowknife, NT, March 17, 2023— The new tentative agreement reached on Saturday, March 11, 2023,…

The following letter was sent to Yellowknife Mayor and Council on Wednesday, February 15: February 15, 2023 Yellowknife City Council City of Yellowknife via email – council@yellowknife.ca TO…

The following letters have been sent to City of Yellowknife Councillors from UNW President Gayla Thunstrom, and PSAC North REVP Lorraine Rousseau: Letter to City Councilors - February 7, 2023…

Please see attached Notice of Lockout sent on February 5, 2023 to PSAC North and UNW by the Employer: Re: First Notice of Lockout Pursuant to Section 87.2(2) of the Canada Labour Code This notice…

UPDATED: February 6, 2023 Response to the letter posted below:  Response from Mayor Rebecca Alty, February 2, 2023 The following letter to Yellowknife Mayor and Council sent on January 31, 2023…

There is strike training available through both UNW and PSAC beginning January 28, 2023: UNW TRAINING  PSAC TRAINING  Saturday Jan 28 – 9am -1pm Thursday, Jan. 26…

Your Bargaining Team resumed negotiations on Wednesday November 2nd and as you may recall, we were supposed to be in bargaining until Friday, November 4th. However, the City has decided to call…

Your bargaining team met with the Employer for negotiations on May 11-13 and again from July 13 -15. The team is set to return to the table with the Employer November 2 - 4. In Solidarity, You UNW…

Your Bargaining Team will meet with the employer for collective agreement negotiations May 11 - 13, 2022. Bargaining Team members are Reilly MacNeil, Geraldine Penney, Karlee McKay, and PSAC…

The key goal of the last round of collective bargaining between UNW/PSAC and Evergreen Forestry was to reach and maintain wage parity with firefighters at the GNWT. As such, the parties agreed in…

From July 19 to 21, delegates from GNWT Locals met in Yellowknife for a Bargaining Conference. During the conference, delegates presented the bargaining proposals put forward by their Locals,…

It is time for GNWT Locals to engage directly with their members to collect suggestions for bargaining proposals, prioritize proposals, and hear from members on what is important to them. Previously…

The Union of Northern Workers (UNW) and the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) are pleased to announce that they have ratified a new collective agreement. This new agreement is effective…

Your Bargaining Team opened negotiations for a new Collective Agreement with the Employer on April 5-8, 2022. The current agreement expired on March 31, 2021, but remains in effect until a new…

Bargaining has been postponed. While our team was prepared to begin negotiations today, weather related travel delays have caused bargaining to be postponed. We were eager to get to the table to…

Bargaining to commence January 10. Our Union bargaining team will be meeting with the Hay River Housing Authority January 10th-12th to negotiate a new collective agreement. The previous agreement,…

NTPC Members have voted to accept the tentative agreement for a new contract with NTPC. The agreement process will be complete when the tentative deal is ratified by the employer. Information about…

The following NTPC Contract Ratification Vote Meetings will be taking place in November: HAY RIVER - Ptarmigan InnNovember 7 – 6:00pmNovember 8 – 12:00 noon YELLOWKNIFE - UNW Building, 4th…

After close to a year of negotiations, your Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with NTPC. The deal came after three days of intense negotiations between the parties…

Your UNW Bargaining Team met virtually with the Employer on August 23.  This was a one-day session to exchange proposals in preparation for a set of back-to-back negotiation sessions taking place…

Your Bargaining Team held its third set of talks on April 11 - 13, 2022, to negotiate a new Collective Agreement with Northwest Territories Power Corp. The current Collective Agreement expired on…

To: All NTPC Members – Locals 16, 19, and 22 Re: Bargaining Update #2 Your Bargaining Team has now met twice with the Employer to negotiate a new Collective Agreement with Northwest Territories…

The UNW and NTPC held preliminary virtual bargaining meetings on November 2nd and 3rd where bargaining proposals were exchanged. In-person negotiations are scheduled from November 30th to December…

On March 1, members voted to accept the tentative agreement that was reached with the Town of Fort Smith on February 17. The Employer has already ratified the agreement.  Attached is the…

A tentative agreement was reached with the Town of Fort Smith on February 17. If ratified, this three-year Collective Agreement would expire December 31, 2025.  Four Ratification Vote Meetings have…

Bargaining to commence February 14th. Our Union bargaining team will be meeting with the Town of Fort Smith Feb 14th through 16th to negotiate a new collective agreement. Bargaining Team members…