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In 2023, the CFNU released the Safe Hours Save Lives report. They emphasized that nurse fatigue and excessive working hours must be addressed with sufficient resources to create healthy, high-quality work environments and a truly functional healthcare system. In 2025, SUN reported 1.2 million hours of overtime,…

Representatives from the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN), the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) met on September 1, 2, 3, and again on the 15, 16, 17, and 18 to continue discussions. SUN would like to begin this update by acknowledging our Negotiations Committee members who while on a break from bargaining, were able to move…

Your Local may have positions up for election in 2026, as per your Local Bylaws. Be sure to check your inbox (and your spam folders) for the official Call for Nominations sent on September 1, 2026. Didn't receive the email? Contact local.elections@sun-nurses.sk.ca. Thinking…

SUN is pleased to announce that on August 20, we successfully signed a settlement agreement resolving numerous outstanding Recognition of Previous Experience (ROPE) grievances. This important settlement specifically addresses Internationally Educated Nurse (IENs) members whose prior experience was not acknowledged when their salary step was implemented. What does this mean for IENs? IENs…

Representatives from the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN), the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) met to continue discussions on August 11, 12, 13, and 14. During this past session, SUN’s Negotiations Committee took crucial steps to ensure…