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The provincial government did not follow proper processes when it announced the shuttering of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) in this month’s budget, says the president of the union that represents the 224 workers who will lose their jobs at the end of May.

Eric Carr, president of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) local 1374, said STC — despite being owned by the Saskatchewan government — is federally regulated because its buses cross provincial borders.

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Under the Canada Labour Code, employers who lay off 50 or more people at the same time must give at least 16 weeks notice to the federal Minister of Employment and Social Development and the affected union.

Carr said he learned of the Saskatchewan bus company’s fate when the provincial budget came out on Mar. 22. STC is set to shut down on May 31, which gave Carr and his members just 10 weeks notice.

The union local has filed a complaint with the federal labour relations board, asking it to intervene.