Unifor, the union representing approximately 3,300 employees at CN in Canada, and CN Rail have announced a tentative, four-year collective agreement. Unifor members provide mechanical, clerical, and intermodal functions for the railway. No details of the tentative agreement will be released publicly until the agreement is ratified. The current collective agreement with Unifor expires on… Read More
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Shipments on the St. Lawrence Seaway have come to a halt as several hundred seaway workers have gone on strike as of Saturday night. Members of five local chapters of the Unifor union — approximately 360 workers — in Ontario and Quebec are on the picket line after failed negotiations with the St. Lawrence Seaway… Read More
Unionized workers at the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) at Regina, Sask., will be returning to work over the next few weeks. Unifor Local 594 ratified a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement on Monday (June 22), ending a six-month lockout of 730 workers by Federated Co-op. The conclusion to the labour dispute is welcome news for… Read More
The union that represents 730 oil and gas workers at Federated Co-op’s oil refinery in Regina, Sask. says interrupting the fuel supply to farms during seeding is “the only option we have to get back to work.” Unifor 594 has written an open letter to farmers, explaining the union’s rationale for once again limiting the… Read More
The ongoing labour dispute at the Co-op Refinery Complex at Regina, Sask., has led Federated Co-op Ltd (FCL) to start rationing fuel at some of its cardlock facilities on the Prairies, impacting farmers, emergency services, truckers, and other drivers who normally rely on cardlocks to supply larger quantities of fuel. A message posted by several… Read More