Services at three of Saskatchewan’s main Crowns will be affected later this week if a planned strike by almost 4,500 employees goes ahead as planned by their union. Unifor announced on the weekend a full-scale strike would occur on Friday if a new deal was not reached with the provincial government. A “work-to-rule” campaign has […]
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” job action will begin Monday morning. Unifor released a statement Saturday afternoon saying no further negotiations with the provincial government are planned for the weekend and the […]
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 […]
SaskTel has been warned of a possible strike by Unifor if a collective agreement has not been reached within the next several days. The union has delivered a strike notice to the Crown corporation which would begin at 12:01 a.m. on September 30. Unifor’s SaskTel members were in favour for a strike mandate back in […]
The provincial NDP is once again accusing the Sask Party government of not being transparent with their plans to sell off crown corporations. This comes after privacy commissioner ordered the release of more information on the potential sale of SaskTel and the committee organized to make the deal, and according to the NDP, there has […]
It’s looking more and more likely SaskTel workers will be taking job action. Unifor, the union that represents about three thousand of SaskTel employees, says if the crown corporation doesn’t change their offer with two years of flat wages, they are ready to go on strike, and are in legal position to give 72 hours notice. According […]
The provincial NDP is once again accusing the Sask Party government of attempting to sell SaskTel. This time, the NDP is presenting a report from the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner stating that the Sask Party government made a secret committee to sell-off up to 50% of various crown corporations Finance critic Trent Wotherspoon said he […]
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 intentions clear with the vote, but it has been agreed upon nothing will happening pending the outcome of bargaining meetings […]
SaskTel has reported a net income $127.4-million and operating revenues just under $1.3-billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. “SaskTel is working diligently to ensure that Saskatchewan residents have access to a world-class communications infrastructure by continuing to invest in advanced and comprehensive broadband networks throughout the province,” Minister Responsible for SaskTel Don […]
