Saying the role of the Regina Police Service is to maintain community safety, Police Chief Evan Bray has gone to Facebook to talk about the lockout at the Co-Op Refinery. Bray, who says he felt the need to have this conversation with the public using Facebook, feels this is an issue that has brought up […]
President of Unifor National Jerry Dias has announced their members are going to start the escalation of boycotting Co-op gas stations and stores. This comes after Regina police arrested him at the picket line Monday evening in Regina along with several others. At a media gathering on Tuesday morning, Dias told reporters that the sole […]
After more than one month of an ongoing lockout, Unifor Local 594 members have now locked out Co-op managers from one of their offices in Regina and blocked the cardlock on Fleet Street. In a release, Unifor national president Jerry Dias says after locking out their loyal employees, its time they get a taste of […]
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. According to Unifor, the rally will include hundreds of Unifor members and supporters from across the province to send a message to the provincial […]
As another day dawns on the Saskatchewan Crown strike, we know two groups received an offer on Wednesday. Both DirectWest and the Water Security Agency were at the bargaining table with a proposal apparently presented. Both sides have expressed no interest bargaining through the media, so no details were released. Unifor Local 1S President @DaveKuntz1 […]
(Files from Drew Postey) At midnight on Friday, close to 5,000 Unifor members at six crown corporations and one crown agency officially went on Strike in Saskatchewan. This comes after a tentative agreement was not reached between the Crowns and the union, according to Unifor, the bargaining process has been made more difficult by the […]
(Files from Drew Postey) At midnight on Friday, close to 5,000 Unifor members at six crown corporations and one crown agency officially went on Strike in Saskatchewan. This comes after a tentative agreement was not yet reached between the crowns and the union. And according to Unifor, the bargaining process has been made more difficult […]
Unifor issued a news release on Thursday stating that five more Crown Corporations and one Crown Agency (SaskEnergy, SaskPower, SecurTek, DirectWest, SaskWater, and the Water Security Agency) had joined SaskTel with the threat of job action as soon as midnight Monday. Crown employees are seeking a wage hike after they learned that Premier Scott Moe […]
Unifor members of Saskatchewan’s Crown corporations gathered at Hotel Saskatchewan to try and get deals done for the nearly 5,000 members in a strike position. Bargaining will take place Thursday and Friday to try to get a deal done. If it doesn’t, Unifor has said they will come together to make a determination of when […]
