APAS is raising concern about rotating Unifor picket lines threatening to delay spring seeding in Saskatchewan. APAS raised the alarm after a recent picket line made it difficult to access a Co-op farm fuel site in Moose Jaw on Thursday. APAS is raising concerns about access to cardlocks & rural fuel supplies during the […]
Four men are facing charges after an alleged assault and damage at the Co-Op refinery last week. On Thursday, police were sent to 9th Avenue North after reports the road outside the refinery was completely blocked by traffic. The road was quickly opened again with the exception of some vehicles parked near one of the […]
Unifor Local 594 has rejected Federated Co-op’s final offer. The result of the vote was announced Wednesday afternoon. 89% of members voted against the deal. Bittman says it was not a deal members felt comfortable accepting. “They doubled the concessions from the special mediator’s (report) and put a lot of jeopardy with the return to […]
Unifor says they will be holding a car rally on Wednesday for locked out workers of the Co-op Refinery Complex. The union says its intentions are to pressure the province for a legislated solution to the lockout. The lockout is now in its 146th day, after no resolution following special mediator Vince Ready stepping in […]
Unifor is announcing their local 594 members will be unable to accept Federated Co-op’s final offer. The union says this is FCL’s second offer in five days that they’ve called a final offer, adding the bargaining committee is recommending members reject it when the final vote is forced by the Saskatchewan labour board. Unifor national […]
Federated Co-op is asking the provincial labour relations board to oversee a force vote on what FCL has called their “final offer” to Unifor Local 594. In a news release, FCL says the final offer is based off of recommendations made by a special mediators’ report, with modifications made to ensure FCL can continue to […]
Unifor and Federated Co-op need to sit at the table and work on a deal right now. Those were the words from Saskatchewan’s Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Don Morgan as the two sides remain without a deal since Co-op locked out workers on December 5, 2019. Since FCL announced they are unable […]
Unifor has received another contract offer from Federated Co-op, and it’s one they are reportedly unsatisfied with. In a news release, Unifor says FCL has tabled a “final offer” with concessions that would decrease the company’s responsibility for pension, all the while the company would reportedly remove the employee savings plan. National president Jerry Dias […]
Unifor local 594 members are voting in favour of the special mediators; recommendations that were given to both sides of the labour dispute last week. Members voted 98% in favour of the recommendations, which would have seen changes to the employee pension plan. While Unifor says they accept the recommendations, Federated Co-op says they are […]
The Co-op Refinery Complex is not accepting all recommendations from a provincially appointed mediator in their labour dispute with Unifor local 594. In a news release, Co-op says while mediators Amanda Rogers and Vince Ready made recommendations they agree with, they are unable to accept all aspects of the report, adding they must act responsibly […]
