Tag Archives: crown corporations
NDP questioning crown finances in wake of rate hikes
The NDP is taking Premier Scott Moe to task on the drop in revenue from Crown Corporations. The Sask Party government collected more than 247 million dollars from crowns in the last budget, with the c...
Aug 04, 2023
Sask. NDP calling on government to reopen Crown Payment Deferral Program to help people recovering from pandemic
The Saskatchewan NDP are calling on the province to prioritize helping families and businesses who missed Crown utility payments during the pandemic, instead of rebranding. SaskPower Critic Aleana You...
Jul 20, 2021
Province reducing compensation for Crown Corp. executives
The Government of Saskatchewan announced that it will be reducing compensation for Crown Corporation executives. Crown CEOs and Vice-Presidents will their salary holdbacks reduced by just over 66 perc...
Apr 15, 2021
Regina proposes banning advertising from fossil fuel companies; citing criticism from Premier
The decision by Regina's Executive Committee to vote in favour of banning fossil fuel companies from advertising with the city has drawn some backlash from Saskatchewan's Premier. In a statement, Prem...
Jan 20, 2021
Unifor and Sask. Crown Corporations ratify new agreements
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 Uni...
Nov 15, 2019
Lack of workers at Regina-Wascana polling stations after Crowns and Unifor agreement
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 ...
Oct 21, 2019
Unifor strike actions scheduled throughout weekend, plans to escalate
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 sup...
Oct 19, 2019
After one week of job action, Unifor plans rally in downtown Regina
As the Unifor strike impacting Saskatchewan’s Crown Corporations continues, there are plans in place for a rally at Victoria Park later this morning to mark one week of official job action. Acco...
Oct 10, 2019
‘You’re damaging Saskatchewan’s reputation’: Crown employees grow frustrated as strike continues
The picket lines are still active at SaskEnergy, SaskTel, SaskPower and some other Crowns as Unifor members have been on strike since Friday. Over 4,000 employees continue to walk the streets on a $30...
Oct 07, 2019
Crowns put more plans in place as a strike starts Friday
Unifor, the union representing over 4,000 workers at Saskatchewan Crown Corporations and another government agency, says an impasses has been reached in contract talks meaning a full-scale strike star...
Oct 03, 2019