why is co op refinery on strike?
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In one of the most militant job actions Canada has seen in recent memory, workers at the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Saskatchewan — locked out by their employer since December 5 over a contract dispute — have blockaded the 544-acre facility, preventing scabs from getting in and petroleum from getting out.
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“There's still a strike,” Rieth-Riley spokesman Chad Loney said last week. The situation didn't change Monday. “At least we met,” Local 324 spokesman Dan McKernan said after Monday's meeting. ... The strike began July 31.
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TASUED: ASSU embarks on indefinite strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), on Thursday, embarked on total and comprehensive strike. ... “All academic activities stop immediately as the strike is comprehensive and total.”
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Grand River Transit strike comes to an end The Region of Waterloo approved an agreement with the union representing Grand River Transit employees on Friday morning and official brought their strike to an end. The decision came after a special council meeting and saw buses back on regional roads by the next day.
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Ontario Power Generation (OPG), who is responsible for providing heat and electricity to Ontario homes and business, is set to strike after months of failed contract negotiations. Now, nearly 6000 unionized workers at OPG have voted in favour of job action that would put the province in the dark.
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The RTC employees launched the strike on October 5 with a list of 26 demands which includes merger of TSRTC with State government, job security to bus drivers and conductors, filling up of vacancies. ... The leaders stated that they were temporarily dropping the demand of merger of the Corporation with the government.
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City officials still say the major reason the strike has dragged on is because a team of 45 rank-and-file teachers are holding up negotiations. They say the union's top leadership, which is elected, has to take each of the offers back to this team for approval before the offers can be voted on by the entire membership.
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Ford employees have not gone on strike since 1976. But when GM (GM) announced plans last November to close US plants, it put itself in the UAW's crosshairs and made its strike almost inevitable. Eventually, negotiations with Fiat Chrysler (FCAU) will move to the front burner.
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The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has announced further one-day strikes for next week that will impact Peel District School Board elementary schools. In addition to the one-day strike on Feb. 6, 2020, ETFO members will also be engaged in strike action on Feb.
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After nearly 20 negotiation sessions spanning over a year, the Federation of Catholic Teachers has decided to strike. We have decided to strike because representatives of the Association of Catholic Schools threatened that if teachers receive wage increases, they would have to close schools.
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Over 48,000 employees of TSRTC went on an indefinite strike since October 5, demanding among other things, merger of the corporation with the state transport department. Later the unions said they were willing to drop the merger demand if it becomes a hurdle for the government to hold talks with them.
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Follows news that CN will lay off 1,600 employees as it grapples with an economic slowdown. Canada's Teamsters labor union has given Canadian National Railway notice that it intends to strike starting Nov. 19, the two parties said on Saturday, following a stalemate in contract negotiations.
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Commuters are facing disruption as workers on South Western Railway (SWR) begin a 27-day strike. It comes after talks between the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union and SWR over a long-running dispute over guards on trains broke down.
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Strike over: WFP workers set for return after union ratifies new agreement. NANAIMO — An almost eight month long strike is over for Island and coastal forestry workers. ... The agreement ends 229 days of strike action and sends around 3,000 forestry workers back to work for the first time since June 2019.
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Over 48,000 TSRTC employees went on an indefinite strike since October 5, demanding among other things, a merger of the corporation with the state transport department. Later the unions said they were willing to drop the merger demand if it becomes a hurdle for the government to hold talks with them.
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The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has announced further one-day strikes for next week that will impact Peel District School Board elementary schools. In addition to the one-day strike on Feb. 6, 2020, ETFO members will also be engaged in strike action on Feb. 11 and 13, 2020.
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The Region of Waterloo and Unifor Local 4304 will return to the bargaining table on Tuesday in an attempt to negotiate an end to the week-old Grand River Transit (GRT) strike. ... GRT drivers, mechanics, vehicle service attendants and dispatchers walked off the job on Jan.