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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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I had an LLM student who had a part-time job phantom writing labor arbitration decisions based on arbitrator’s notes and instructions.

Like law clerks do for judges (except parties don’t know about the phantom arb writer).

Is using a machine different? Interesting debate.

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The crucial part starts on p. 5, where the Court reports the answers to the legal questions they posed to ChatGPT. Then, at the end of p. 6, the Court adopts the arguments given in these answers as grounds for its decision.

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Quebec passed anti-scab legislation in 1977, BC in 1993, & Ontario 1993-95.

Hysterical claims that these laws cause job losses & loss of investment aren't supported by evidence. Businesses just don't like them.

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We’re banning replacement workers, as we said on Oct. 19th.

We’re working with unions and employers to get the balance right.

As agreed, government will introduce legislation by the end of this year.

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