Time running out for Scott Moe to make a reasonable offer
REGINA, Sept. 26, 2019 /CNW/ - Unifor negotiators are working down to the wire but time is running out for the Scott Moe government to make a fair offer to nearly 5,000 Crown workers with strike mandates.
"It's not a hard formula: show Crown workers the respect they deserve and we can avert province-wide job action," said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. "Without a serious offer, Scott Moe will engineer service disruption that could have been avoided."
Unifor's bargaining committees will meet today with the employers to review the latest offer and decide whether or not to serve 48 hours notice of job action. Unifor members at SaskTel have already served notice and if a collective agreement cannot be bargained this weekend, job action at SaskTel is set to begin at 12:01 a.m. on September 30.
Unifor says that Premier Scott Moe signalled that wage freezes are not acceptable when he gave himself and MLAs a 2.3% pay increase earlier this year.
"If 2.3% is good enough for Scott Moe, surely it's good enough for the thousands of Crown workers that make public utilities and services great," said Gavin McGarrigle, Unifor's Western Regional Director. "Job action at seven Crowns is not inevitable. The government and Crown corporations have the ability to bargain a fair agreement, but time is running out."
Unifor is Canada's largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future.
SOURCE Unifor
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