Unifor employees at the Co-op Refinery will be locked out of work starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The lockout notice was issued by the company after 800 union employees issued a 48 our strike notice on Tuesday, to ensure operations can still run during the strike. During question period, NDP Leader Ryan Meili asked how […]
Unifor and the Saskatchewan Crown Corporations have ratified new collective agreements. SaskTel, SaskEnergy, SaskPower, SaskWater and the Water Security Agency have come up with new contracts with Unifor employees that include raises over the next six years. “Unifor members took historic action to get a contract they deserve,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “Solidarity […]
With a mandated 14-day-cool down period underway between Unifor 594 and Regina’s Co-op Refinery as they try and reach a new agreement, the union says it is frustrated it has come to this point. The union says they are not happy that after numerous explanations they do not want rollbacks, that Federated Co-operatives Limited continues […]
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 which was a process the company was hoping would result in a new contract. In a release, the refinery says an […]
Unifor has voted in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement with both SecurTek and Directwest. On Monday the voting ended with a new three-year deal in place. The expired agreement saw employees receive two years of zeros. Securtek’s new agreement includes: Effective March 20, 2019, all weekly rates of pay shall be increased by […]
A bit of a situation in the Regina-Wascana riding Monday has caused some polling stations to merge. While Crown employees received their new deal Sunday from the provincial Crowns, roughly 20 of them signed up to work at polling stations Monday, but are now unable to work. However, Elections Canada spokesperson Marie-France Kenny said no […]
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 government and the union bringing an end to a 17-day strike. The union says ratification votes will be held later this month. Until that time, details of […]
Unifor has announced they are taking two actions on Saturday after reaching an impasse with the Crowns before the weekend. In a statement from the union on Saturday morning, they are strengthening support at the picket line at the Poplar River power plant in Coronach, allowing only essential services workers to enter or exit. Unifor […]
Binding arbitration is not an option to end a two-week strike in Saskatchewan, according to the Crown Investments Corporation. In a statement sent from the government, President and CEO of Crown Investments Corporation Blair Swystun said the Crowns will not be agreeing to binding arbitration as proposed by Unifor. “We believe agreements can be reached by […]
Two weeks since Saskatchewan Crown employees represented by Unifor went on strike, only one deal has been reached, that being a tentative one with the Water Security Agency. However Friday morning the union and SaskEnergy said they held an “informal discussion” on Thursday. No new offer was put on the table, and no formal meetings […]
