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Proposed Settlement Reached after 6+ Month Lockout by Co-op Refinery in Saskatchewan

by David Doorey June 18, 2020
written by David Doorey June 18, 2020

Written by David Doorey

Unifor, Local 594 has announced a tentative settlement to end the lockout at Co-op Refinery in Saskatchewan that began December 5 2019. The lockout has been bitter, with controversial court decisions, bomb threats against strikers, and a government supported work camp set up to house replacement workers in close quarters during the entire COVID19 crisis. See commentary here by Ronni Nordal, Q.C. of Regina here, here, and here.

We’ll have more on this story later. Presumably the next step is for the proposal to go to the membership for a vote. I have no knowledge of the mood of the membership and whether the agreement will be accepted. I also have no information on the terms of the settlement. So stayed tuned.

In the following clip, Unifor 594 President explains that: “Saskatchewan’s model is broken. … This was union busting at its finest. We had record profits the last two years before we got kicked out go the workplace and they just took and took and took.”

LIVE: Unifor holds news conference at Sask. legislature #sask #skpoli https://t.co/npxe1e9v84

— CBC Saskatchewan (@CBCSask) June 18, 2020

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Professor Doorey is an Associate Professor of Work Law and Industrial Relations at York University. He is Academic Director of Osgoode Hall Law School’s executive LLM Program in Labour and Employment Law and a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program. Professor Doorey is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., Ph.D), London School of Economics (LLM Labour Law), and the University of Toronto (B.A., M.I.R.).

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Well, more gravy for employment lawyers to keep arguing this silly point.

The court deciding not to dispose of the main issue everyone wants clarified is one of those matters that is impossible to explain to a non-lawyer. Contrary to normal common sense.

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@TheLawofWork Decides not to answer the question everyone wanted it to answer. Resolves appeal on basis of appropriateness using R. 21 to bring motion before the ONSC.

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What did OCA decide? I was doing this instead.

Link to decision?

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The ONCA's decision in Taylor today is like scratching a lottery ticket that proclaims "winner every time," only to reveal "try again."

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This should be an interesting program, joint program in #climate and #labour offered by U of Toronto and U of Montreal through @CRIMT2013

I’ll be speaking in Toronto on just transitions and the law. Still time to register.

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