The City of Moose Jaw says it has ratified a new deal with UNIFOR Transit workers in the city. In a news release, it says a tentative agreement was reached on December 20th, with UNIFOR members voting in favour on January 12th. Moose Jaw City Council then ratified the new deal at Monday’s City Council […]
Several Unifor members are facing additional charges in relation to the lockout that ended in June. 13 union members, including national president Jerry Dias and his assistant Scott Doherty, are facing mischief charges, but are now also facing obstructing police related charges. While the Crown prosecutor says a trial on the mischief and obstruction charges […]
After 197 days, the lockout at the Co-Op refinery which was very nasty and divided a city and province appears to be over. Federated Co-Op and Unifor Local 594 have reached a tentative agreement with local 594 president Kevin Bittman saying a ratification vote will be held Monday. Bittman isn’t saying what the deal contains, […]
The sound of car horns could be heard from inside the Saskatchewan Legislature on Monday afternoon when MLAs began their three-week legislative session amid COVID-19. Unifor members were seen picketing outside of the building as the Co-op refinery labour dispute with Federated Co-op (FCL) continues. It has been over six months since workers were locked […]
Update – Regina Police are warning motorists of high traffic volumes in multiple areas Tuesday morning. Police say expect delays on Ring Road between Albert Street North and McDonald Street along with the intersections of Winnipeg and 9th Ave, McDonald and 9th Ave and Fleet Street and Highway 46. Police did not say why delays […]
Update – Unifor members, locked in a dispute with the Co-Op refinery in Regina over pensions, have members set up in front of a Co-Op farm fuel tank near Stenen, north of Canora. Brian Morken was hauling grain past the location early Tuesday morning, and said there were at least ten union members at the […]
Unifor says they are exploring their options when it comes to escalating their complaint against Regina Police. In a news release, national president Jerry Dias says the police service’s loyalty to Federated Co-op has become reckless and could have cost lives after Unifor’s freedom of information request revealed they knew about a bomb threat made […]
Ryan Meili, leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, has repeated his call to Premier Scott Moe to recall the legislature – this time to help end the labour dispute between Federated Co-op (FCL) and workers at the Co-op refinery in Regina. He feels the best route to a solution is by passing legislation to impose binding […]
The Regina Police Service has provided more details on a bomb threat letter against Unifor that was sent to Regina Mayor Michael Fougere and the provincial government back in February. The letter, which demanded an end to the blockades at the Co-op refinery in Regina, referenced that if police didn’t do anything, farmers would “take […]
Regina Police say they have once again temporarily closed 9th Avenue North due to a large number of protest vehicles impeding traffic in the area. Police say there were also vehicles moving in a similar fashion on Ring Road in that area. This a-m, our traffic officers temporarily closed 9th Ave.N. due to a large […]
