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Tracey Sauer has gone from serving as the mayor of a 988-person town to the president of a union representing 20,000 Saskatchewan workers.
Sauer is the new president of the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU). She was elected after it was announced that long-time president Bob Bymoen would not run for re-election during the SGEU virtual convention held from April 29 to May 1. Bymoen was in the role for 20 years.
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Sauer has been a union activist and outspoken advocate for health care workers for over 35 years, starting out as a steward in her workplace before going on to hold many roles in the union, including being on the SGEU Provincial Council for 19 years and on SGEU’s Administrative Committee as the NUPGE Vice-President for five years. She comes from SGEU’s Health Sector and has served for the past two years as the Health Sector Chair and the Health Providers Bargaining Unit Chair. She also spent many years on the Health Providers Negotiating Committee and is a graduate of the Harvard University Trade Union Program.