The bosses had scabs, police and a global health pandemic on their side, but workers at Federated Co-op Limited in Regina held out and won a big victory against the corporation’s union busting campaign. The 730 workers, members of Unifor Local 594, [...]
Communist Party encourages united labour support The escalating struggle by 800 locked out workers, members of Unifor Local 594, at the Federated Co-op Limited (FCL) refinery in Regina has the full solidarity of the Communist Party of Canada. All [...]
Regina police arrest picketers On January 20, Unifor escalated action in solidarity with locked out workers at Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), members of Unifor Local 594. Several hundred reinforcement picketers arrived from across the [...]
Union urges boycott of all Co-op brands When the 800 members of Unifor Local 594 are working inside the Co-op Refinery in Regina, Federated Co-op Limited (FCL) makes $3 million a day. In fact, FCL makes 75% of its total revenue from the refinery, [...]
Meeting on November 16-17, the Ontario Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Canada reiterated its demand for the nationalization of General Motors. The committee endorsed the grassroots Green Jobs Oshawa campaign that calls for the [...]
Unifor adopted a strong resolution in support of BDS against Israel: the first time that a major private sector union in Canada has publicly supported BDS.
Rather than relying on the good graces of the Trudeau or Wynne Liberals, the trade union movement can and must become the catalyst to bring together all sections of the working class into a powerful, fighting united front.
While the Unifor flirtation with the Liberals did not start with the lead-up to the 2015 federal election, it seems the stars have aligned for the union and the pro-business Prime Minister.
