The union representing around 4,700 workers at SaskTel, two of their subsidiaries along with SaskPower, Sask Energy, SaskWater and the Water Security agency have given notice that “work-to-rule” job action will begin Monday morning. Unifor released a statement Saturday afternoon saying no further negotiations with the provincial government are planned for the weekend and the […]
An impasse has been declared by the union representing 800 workers at the Co-Op Refinery. Unifor says the decision comes after nine months of bargaining with a statement from them saying members are key to safety at the refinery so it is reasoable that a company making over a billion dollars in profit put a […]
Numbers released by Stats Canada Friday morning show over a 12-month period that the provincial unemployment rate has dropped by 1.5 percent. Those numbers show the unemployment rate in Saskatchewan sitting at 5.1 percent which is third lowest in the country with only Quebec and B.C having better numbers. Job growth in forestry, fishing, […]
The Liberals were warned on the eve of an election year about the political consequences of following through on a four-year-old campaign promise to review the employment insurance system, newly released documents show. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had asked one of his senior ministers to conduct a sweeping review of the social safety net program […]
SaskTel workers have given a strong mandate to take strike action as they look for a new contract. The union representing the workers, Unifor Local 15, says in a statement that members have made their intentions clear with the vote, but it has been agreed upon nothing will happening pending the outcome of bargaining meetings […]
