Plans in place to ensure services continue in case of SaskTel strike: gov’t

Source: Thomas Piller, Global News, September 26, 2019 

The Saskatchewan government says new offers have been tabled amid possible job action at the end of the month by Crown employees represented by Unifor.

Unionized workers at SaskTel, DirectWest, SecureTek, SaskEnergy, SaskPower, Saskatchewan Water Corporation and the Water Security Agency have received new contact offers, according to a statement from Finance Minister Donna Harpauer.

“Unifor has indicated they will take job action if agreements cannot be reached by Sept. 30,” Harpauer said on Sept. 26.

“While job action is part of the bargaining process, and is the right of unions, our government feels a strike is not in the best interest of the Crowns, Crown employees, and Crown shareholders — the people of Saskatchewan.”

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