Thursday, July 12, 2007

Saskatchewan Refinery Workers Ratify Contract Agreement That Averted Stike

(Bloomberg) -- Workers at Federated Co-operatives
Ltd.'s oil refinery in Regina, Saskatchewan, ratified a new labor
agreement, averting a strike at the 100,000 barrel-a-day plant.

More than 90 percent of unionized workers voted for the
three-year contract, which will boost wages by 5 percent in the
first year and 4.5 percent in each of the next two years, the
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada said in
an e-mailed statement yesterday.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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