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Threat of COVID-19 prompts Co-op refinery to defer turnaround
The Co-op Refinery Complex’s annual turnaround is being delayed due to the threat of COVID-19. The 2020 turnaround, which was to start at the beginning of April, has been pushed back to at least...
Mar 17, 2020
Co-op offering cash to truckers affected by refinery dispute
Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) will be giving cash payments to independently contracted trucking companies affected by Unifor’s blockade of the Regina refinery and other Co-op sites. The ...
Feb 19, 2020
Two Co-op gas stations in Saskatoon temporarily closed due to fuel shortage
The Co-op refinery lockout in Regina has forced two Saskatoon gas stations to temporarily close. Co-op's Centre Mall and 22nd Street locations are closed due to the fuel shortage. Signs have been put ...
Feb 07, 2020 Two Co-op gas stations in Saskatoon have temporarily been closed because of fuel shortages. (Jay Thomas/650 CKOM)
Talks that could end refinery lockout set to begin Friday
Representatives of Unifor and the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) are to sit down Friday morning in hopes of ending a 57-day lockout. After weeks of back and forth, barricades, court appearances, an inju...
Jan 31, 2020
Unifor completely blocks off refinery in dispute escalation
Nearly a dozen Co-op-branded semis lined up on Fleet Street illustrated the Unifor point Monday morning, when the national president stood in front of a crowd of picketers to announce they were blocki...
Jan 20, 2020
Unifor picket lines make their way to Saskatoon
Unifor's picket lines boycotting Federated Co-operative Limited (FCL) have made their way to Saskatoon. After Tuesday's announcement that the union planned to "escalate" actions against the company in...
Jan 08, 2020 Members of Unifor Local 594 made the drive north from Regina to form a picket line in front of the Co-op building on 22nd Street in downtown Saskatoon on Jan. 8, 2020. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
Refinery uses helicopters to ferry in supplies, workers
The Co-op Refinery Complex claims a "dangerous situation" on the picket lines prompted it to start taking alternative action Sunday. The refinery said the actions of Unifor members on the picket line ...
Dec 09, 2019
Walkout and lockout notices issued Co-op Refinery
Workers will be off the job site at Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex as of Thursday. After voting in favour of a strike earlier Tuesday, Unifor 594 issued a 48-hour strike notice to the company. ...
Dec 03, 2019
Co-op refinery, unionized employees remain at odds
Negotiations between the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina and its unionized employees are in a 14-day cooling-off period. The refinery and Unifor Local 594 went through two days of conciliation last w...
Nov 13, 2019
Union agrees on deal with Co-op refinery
An agreement has been reached between the Co-op refinery and Unifor 594. The union of more than 800 workers voted on Monday night either to accept or reject a tentative deal that was reached on Friday...
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