Tag Archives: labour
Efforts aimed at getting refinery workers new contract hits snag
Efforts between workers at the Co-Op Refinery and its union to get a new deal have entered a 14 day mandated cooling-off period. This comes after Unifor Local 594 decided to forgo further mediation wh...
Harvard Media Nov 12, 2019
SGEU says no deal when it comes to members at Workers Compensation Board
SGEU members who work at the Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board says they are at an impasse in bargaining and have asked the Minister responsible to appoint a provincial Labour Relations Officer...
Harvard Media Oct 28, 2019
Tentative agreement reached between Unifor and Saskatchewan’s Crowns
It’s back to work Monday for around 5,000 workers represented by Unifor at Saskatchewan Crowns like SaskEnergy, SaskTel and SaskPower. A tentative agreement has been reached between the governme...
Jon Troth Oct 20, 2019
SaskTel digs its foot in the sand saying striking workers aren’t welcome back to job until new contract is reached
Thanks, but no thanks. That is what SaskTel is saying to Unifor after the union representing striking workers at several Crown Corporations said they would go back to a “work-to-rule” camp...
Jon Troth Oct 07, 2019
Striking SaskTel employees looking to send a message by closing provinces two call centres
If you need to call SaskTel for something on Monday, you might not have any luck. Striking workers formed a perimeter around the company’s call centre on Henderson Drive in Regina Monday morning...
Harvard Media Oct 07, 2019
Unifor says “Work to Rule” campaign begins Monday with strike happening Friday
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&...
Jon Troth Sep 28, 2019
Labour unrest at Regina’s Co-Op Refinery
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 k...
Jon Troth Sep 27, 2019
More and more people are working in Saskatchewan
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 Saskatc...
Harvard Media Sep 06, 2019
Documents show Liberals warned of political perils from launching EI review
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 relea...
Harvard Media Aug 08, 2019
SaskTel workers vote to strike
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...
Harvard Media Jul 22, 2019