Weyburn and District Labour Council

Brad Thompson and Wanda Bartlett attended the City of Weyburn Council meeting this evening. Mayor Roy signed the Proclamation for the National Day of Mourning. Please join the Weyburn and District Labour Council on April 28th at 1 pm at the T.C. Douglas Calvary Centre for our ceremony honoring all workers killed or injured on the job.

Brad Thompson and Wanda Bartlett presenting the donation to the Salvation Army on behalf of the Weyburn & District Labour Council and our affiliates.

Brad Thompson and Wanda Bartlett presenting our donation on behalf of our affiliated unions.

One week away! Please join us!

Wednesday, May 31 is election day for the vacant City of Council seat.

Vote at the Credit Union Spark Centre from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Candidate profiles can be found at weyburn.ca/elections

Labour Council delegates to the Canadian Labour Congress 30th convention

Today is National Day of Mourning, in honour of the more than 1,000 Canadian workers killed on the job.

At Monday's Council meeting, Mayor Roy proclaimed April 28 as Day of Mourning in the City of . It is a day to recognize the maximum service these workers have been forced to make in order to earn a living.

This evening, a candlelight ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Tommy Douglas Centre to honour the 39 workers killed in Saskatchewan in 2022.

Thank you to Weyburn & District Labour Council for your donation of gift cards to our food bank. We truly appreciate your support to our community 🎄

Last week, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released updated numbers on what workers would have to make per hour to earn a living wage in Regina and Saskatoon.

The Sask. Party's plan to introduce a $15 minimum wage by 2024 is too low and too slow.

Workers can't wait any longer. They need a raise now.

Read the full report by the CCPA here: https://policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/making-living

In the early morning hours of May 9, 1992, an explosion ripped through the Westray coal mine in Plymouth, N.S. The explosion took the lives of 26 miners and forever changed the lives of the people of Plymouth and many surrounding communities.

Today marks 30 years since the devastating disaster where an entire shift of workers perished and 11 bodies were never recovered. Those miners remain entombed in the underground wreckage of the mine, now covered by a memorial park where a monument stands as a lasting tribute.

“Today, on the 30th anniversary of the Westray disaster, Steelworkers are in Pictou County to vow to continue our fight for justice for the 26 miners and their families. Our union recommits to fighting for safer workplaces until no worker, family or community has to experience such tragedy. We will not stop until there are no more Westrays and no more deaths on the job,” said Marty Warren, USW National Director for Canada.

Read more at: usw.to/westray30



[Image description: Graphic that shows the Westray monument that stands as a lasting tribute to the miners. Text says, "Their light shall always shine. No more Westrays."]

Is the Fight for $15 Dead?

There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that the FF15 isn’t dead and the minimum wage will be $15/hour! The bad news is our holdout provincial government announced the increase won’t arrive until 2024. Working people needed $15/hour in 2014, not ten years after the fact. We haven’t been posting very much because we’re acutely aware that $15/hour has been a day late and a dollar (ha!) short for a decade. And when you’re working two and three jobs and trying to live, it’s hard to keep engaged. We will always applaud increases to the minimum wage; after 30 years of increases of 20 cent or less, this is a great announcement. Unfortunately, like always, it’s too little, too late. A more relevant number would be the FF24. A fight for working people of Saskatchewan to have a minimum wage that can actually cover the minimum costs of life in this province.

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