Regina-Viterra Inc. said Sept. 16 that the strike led by the Grain Services Union at the company’s Regina office is over. On Tuesday, a majority of Regina Office bargaining unit employees voted to accept the company’s offer, ending the 11-week work stoppage. Some 190 employees work for the unit. Employees who participated in the strike will return to work on Monday, Sept. 22. “We are looking forward to our Regina Office employees returning to work under a new long-term contract that will give our employees market-based compensation and benefits, fairness and flexibility, and labor stability,” said Colleen Vancha, Viterra’s vice president of investor relations and corporate affairs. Viterra’s five-year offer consists of a 6 percent compensation payment on signing and annual increases, based on performance, of 6, 5, 5, and 5 percent, in addition to an annual incentive program that has the potential to add to an employee’s total compensation in the range of 5, 10, and 15 percent of their pay. The Saskatchewan Maintenance and Operations bargaining unit employees, totaling about 650, will vote on the company’s offer over the next 10 days. The labor disruption at the Regina office, which began on July 7, has had no material impact on business, said Viterra.
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