Employers at seven Saskatchewan Crown Corporations have called off contract talks, after they refused to move off of a government-imposed wage freeze.

“Work-to-rule” job action is scheduled to begin Monday at 12:01 a.m., with escalation planned for the end of the week.

Nearly 5,000 Unifor members from SaskTel, SaskEnergy, SaskPower, Yorkton-based SecurTek, DirectWest, SaskWater, and the Water Security Agency will begin the united job action across Saskatchewan on Monday.

The job action will look different in every workplace, but workers will perform the minimum standard required to do their job safely.