Six Nations Elected Council facing two possible attempts by employees to unionize

Unions may be coming to some Six Nations band employees. Six Nations employees may be trying to unionise, but at least one attempt was unsuccessful. Nathan Wright, CEO told Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) provincial and federal Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) unions are attempting to gain signatures from SNEC staff at different department locations in the community. Wright, during his monthly update to council on January 23rd spent very little time on the topic but did say one application was no longer a concern. “We did hear that CUPE has withdrawn its application and it’s not an issue going forward, So, we don’t have much to worry about there,” he said. The powerpoint presentation pointed out the application that was denied was a provincial application, but SNEC should…

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