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2025 Elections | Women’s rights and equal pay

Equality isn’t a bonus. In 2025, women still earn less than men. They’re overrepresented in precarious jobs, less protected, and still targeted by backward political discourse. Equality is a right, not a favour.
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2025 Elections |  Our public services are under threat

Cutting public services means cutting into our lives. We use them every day: hospitals, schools, public transit, social housing… When they’re underfunded or privatized, we’re the ones who pay the price and we pay more for less.
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2025 Elections | Retirement: at what price, at what age?

Work your whole life… only to retire in poverty? A dignified retirement isn’t a luxury, it’s a right. A right we all deserve after years of early mornings and hard work. But with the cost of living going up and pension plans under threat, that right is becoming more and more fragile.
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2025 Elections | An economy that works for whom?

When we make things here, we live better here. Factories are closing. Jobs are being relocated. Cheap products flood our shelves. While big shareholders get richer, our workplaces vanish. It’s time to ask the real question: who is our economy really working for?
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Renewal of the collective agreement for the men’s clothing industry: Another agreement in principle ratified by a majority at SEU 800 before the holidays

The union is proud to announce that members working in the men’s clothing industry in Montreal have accepted by a majority the agreement in principle reached with companies in the men’s clothing industry. The new collective agreement will be in effect for five years and covers the following companies: Jack Victor, Samuelsohn, Empire Clothing and […]
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Entente de principe ratifiée à l’UES 800 par les travailleuses et travailleurs de l’entretien ménager de Montréal 

Les membres du secteur de l’entretien ménager de Montréal de l’Union des employés et employées de service, section locale 800 (UES 800), ont ratifié une entente de principe lors de leur assemblée générale syndicale tenue le samedi 7 décembre dernier. Cet accord, qui s’applique aux préposés à l’entretien ménager travaillant dans les édifices publics couverts […]
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December 6: Remember to act

On December 6, SEU-800 commemorates the victims of the tragic attack at Montreal’s Polytechnique in 1989. This act of misogynistic violence took the lives of 14 young women and left an indelible mark on the history of Quebec and Canada. Today, we remember Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, […]
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The SEU 800 Union: In the midst of negotiations for workers in Montreal’s menswear industry.

The SEU 800 union is currently engaged in important negotiations to defend the rights and interests of workers in Montreal’s menswear industry. We represent over 1,500 employees in four well-established companies: Jack Victor, Samuelson Ltée, Empire Clothing, and Entoilage Interforme. At the bargaining table, our priority is to obtain significant wage increases while maintaining the […]