Pandemic at Work — an SGEU podcast

In the series finale, we talk to Elizabeth Kwan, senior researcher at the Canadian Labour Congress, and Tanya Turner, chair of the SGEU Women's Committee about how the pandemic has disproportionately affected women and how to create an economic recovery that benefits everyone.

This episode, we're talking to Sharon Lupton, National Director of Labour Programs and Services at the United Way Centraide Canada/Canadian Labour Congress, and Corey Linfitt, SGEU member, volunteer firefighter, and member of the Sask First Responders Mental Health Committee, about how the pandemic has affected workers mental health and what unions are doing to provide some much-needed support.

In our fourth episode, we speak to Deanna Ogle, community organizer for workers' rights and the Saskatchewan Representative with the Canadian Labour Congress, about how frontline workers have been affected by the pandemic and what we can do to ensure everyone has access to fair working conditions.

Our third episode features Corrections Officer Diane Beaulieu and Labour Relations Officer Glenn Billingsley talking about the risks corrections workers take each day and why we must recognize their role in keeping our communities safe.

Our second episode features SGEU 1st Vice-President Diane Ralph and Researcher Taylor Bendig discussing how the pandemic has affected workers and residents in long-term care, what challenges our system is facing, and what we have to do to make it better.

Happy Labour Day! Our first episode features SGEU president Tracey Sauer and SFL president Lori Johb discussing what this pandemic has taught us about the role of unions in our society.