SGEU Highway workers
Safeguarding Saskatchewan
SGEU highway workers … people in your community caring for your community. You know us … we are your friends, neighbours, and family members. We are also: • Maintenance workers • Bridge crew members • Fleet service workers • Engineering services staff • Transport compliance employees
Chris, Equiipment Operator, Morse
We do many other kinds of jobs, often working behind the scenes to ensure that our province’s highways are safe.
Highway maintenance workers keep your Âhighways clear of snow and ice in the winter, and repair roads in the summer. Bridge crews safeguard the public by ensuring that bridges are built and repaired and in safe condition. We are not only responsible for bridges on the highways but also those found in rural municipalities.
We are part of your community. We live in small towns across Saskatchewan. We coach your kid’s hockey team, help out at the local curling rink and sit on local school boards and library boards.
Merlon, Supervisor of Operations,Yorkton
Centre stripers keep the lines and turning arrows on our roadways painted. Transport Compliance staff make sure the roads are protected from damage from heavy loads by monitoring trucks and enforcing the highway traffic laws.
Amanda, Engineer Technician, Saskatoon
Engineering services employees make sure the roads are designed and constructed properly. They also ensure that the bridge system is safe for the traveling public.
Fleet service workers are responsible for ensuring that the equipment used by the maintenance workers is safe when it is on the road.
We support your local economy. We also live and work in your community. Like other public sector workers, we support local businesses, and buy everything from groceries to gasoline in our 足communities.
Julean, Apprentice Heavy Duty Mechanic, Yorkton
A team effort Andrew, Lab Technician, Regina
It’s our job to ensure that the highway system is safe for all.
Josephine, Liquid Asphalt Technician, Regina
The SGEU members in Highways and Infrastructure work as a team to protect the traveling public from hazards.
Curtis, Equipment Operator, Watson
Lyle, Heavy Duty Mechanic, Yorkton
Highway workers ‌ keeping your families and communities safe. www.sgeu.org
Front cover photo: Rick, Equipment Operator, Watson
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