Pensions & Benefits

In the Co-op dispute, the company can’t be let off the hook

By Jerry Dias, Unifor National President

By now, the entire country is aware of the ten week long lockout at the Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) refinery in Regina. What fewer people know is the length to which the company has worked to prolong it. It has deftly used numerous systemic advantages to try to break our union. FCL has been let off the hook time and again. It has to stop.

On December 5, 2019, FCL locked out 730 members of Unifor Local 594 after walking back on its promise to keep workers’ pensions in place.

2018 Unifor Pension Summit

Unifor's first ever Pension Summit will be held at the Port Elgin Family Education Centre May 4-6, 2018.

Retired workers play growing role

The role of retirees in the union is growing, and vital to the union;s work, Unifor’s annual Retired Workers Council heard