UPDATE – Regina Police have closed 9th Avenue North between McDonald and Winnipeg Streets Friday morning. This portion of road passes by the Co-op Refinery. Police have not said why the road is closed but added an update will be provided when the road has been re-opened.
After being accused of completely disregarding court orders, Co-op would like to see Unifor fined one-million-dollars plus $100,000 per day that the injunctions continue to be disregarded.
In a Regina courtroom on Thursday a judge reserved their decision on that, but not before they heard a claim that the injunctions filed in December have been broken over 100 times.
Co-op also stated they wanted to see Unifor’s lead negotiator and vice president jailed if the court orders are not followed.
The injunctions filed in December, stated that Unifor members locked out of the refinery could not hold up trucks for more than ten minutes.
On January 22nd Unifor was fined a hundred grand after a blockade was set up at the refinery.
Unifor stated their intent has always been a return to the bargaining table.
They issued a news release while the case was being heard that included a back to work plan that could have members on the job again as soon as Monday.
According to the news release, the path to end the lockout includes:
• The appointment of a special mediator with the power to implement a collective agreement should the parties not reach a negotiated deal in seven days
• The employer immediately removes replacement workers from the refinery
• The picket lines immediately come down
• The workers return to work as early as Monday, February 10th
While stating they are neutral in this, Regina Police have arrested 19 Unifor members so far for not following the injunctions.
Unifor members have been locked out of the refinery since December 5th after issuing 48 hour strike notice.
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