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Medical students raise concerns about mental health crisis with MLAs

The province’s future physicians made rounds at the Legislative Building on Tuesday to raise concerns about Saskatchewan’s mental health crisis.  “The word crisis is not something to be thrown around, but I think it’s appropriate in this case,” said Alison White, chair of the Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee with the Student Medical Society of…

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A Year In Review: SUN's Operational Highlights 2017 - 2018 & Annual Meeting SUNSpots

Leverage the strength and innovation of registered nurses and SUN to positively shape transformational change for the betterment of safe patient care. A powerful statement summing up who we are as a profession and as a Union... View Report

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CONTACT - January 2018

The Board of Directors met for two (2) days, January 15 & 16, in Regina, to discuss the current political, professional and strategic environments.  The following is a summary of the financial and business decisions made at this meeting. BOARD DECISIONS The Board approved the 2018 CRA mileage rate increase to $0.49 for SUN members. The Board approved “Special…

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Women's March Canada

On January 20, 2018 SUN will march in solidarity with women and human rights groups across Canada and the world to show there is still so much work to do to protect and advance the rights of women everywhere. SUN is a proud supporter of Women’s March Canada. As a union we know that when we work together and speak with one voice we become a powerful force for a better world.…

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Workplace injuries in health care related to insufficient staff levels, unions say

Two unions representing health sector workers in Saskatchewan are pointing to overwork as a root cause of absenteeism among its members. The president of one of the unions representing health care workers in Saskatchewan said she was not surprised by provincial auditor Judy Ferguson’s findings about absenteeism in the health sector. On Tuesday, Ferguson released the second volume of her…

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