By News Room
Three Saskatchewan unions which represent health care providers are asking the Government of Saskatchewan to mark National Nursing Week by following through on a promise to hire more workers.
Tracey Sauer says Continuing Care Assistants do the bulk of hands on care in long term care, Not only have CCAs suffered from years of under staffing but during the past year, they have also experienced some of the highest risks of contracting COVID-19.”
One of the province’s election promises was to hire 300 additional Continuing Care Assistants. Sauer also says that since 2015 the province’s population for those 75 years of age and older has risen by more than 10 per cent but the number of full-time equivalent positions in the CCA classification has decreased.
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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.
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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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The SGEU has its first new president in a long-time.
Tracey Sauer was elected as leader at the organization’s first-ever virtual convention as she takes over from Bob Bymoen (Beamon) who retired after nearly 20 years in the position.
Sauer has been a union activist and outspoken advocate for healthcare workers for over 35 years. She was also the first woman elected as the mayor of Kelvington.
In a release, Sauer says the union has always been a politically active one and she is letting the government know they are ready to stand up for our rights and fight the longstand injustices to workers that have been highlighted throughout the pandemic.