A group of around two dozen women from Unifor Local 594 and Unifor National made the trip from the picket line at the Co-op Refinery in Regina to downtown Saskatoon Thursday afternoon. The group set up a small picket line in front of the Alt Hotel on 2nd Avenue where Co-op CEO Scott Banda was […]
A Regina judge has found Unifor Local 594 in contempt of a court order and is ordering them to pay a one-time fine of $100,000 plus legal costs. The judge found the union in violation of an injunction issued last month thus they were in civil contempt. The union is saying they will continue to […]
UPDATE – On Day 46 of the lockout at the Co-Op refinery, Regina police have taken the national president of the union representing almost 700 workers at the facility into custody. Late Monday afternoon, police arrested Jerry Dias and several others. The move came as police tried to have the union respect a court injunction […]
There may be a sense of hostility on the picket line as the lockout involving Federated Co-Op and members of Unifor Local 594 stretches into the six-week mark, but there is some generosity emerging as well. Carter Herman is one of the many locked-out workers. While walking the line, he spoke with one of the […]
A man named in a Unifor video displaying the names and photos of temporary workers at the Co-op Refinery Complex wants the union to clear his name. Kalpesh Patel, who’s a co-owner of Birmingham’s Vodka & Ale House in Regina and Saskatoon, said he doesn’t want this situation to damage his name and his business. […]
Unifor is taking their pickets on the road. With the labour dispute between Unifor and Co-op now in its second month, union members have locked out the card-lock location in Weyburn and is picketing out front. Local 594 president Kevin Bittman said this is to try and put pressure on the company. “The retailers are the […]
After more than one month of an ongoing lockout, Unifor Local 594 members have now locked out Co-op managers from one of their offices in Regina and blocked the cardlock on Fleet Street. In a release, Unifor national president Jerry Dias says after locking out their loyal employees, its time they get a taste of […]
Locked out Unifor Local 594 members from the Co-op Refinery travelled to Saskatoon Wednesday to picket in front of Federated Cooperatives Ltd headquarters downtown for the afternoon. About 30 of the 720 union members made the trip, with Unifor members from other locals supporting them. Local president, Kevin Bittman, says they have received support during […]
Co-op refinery workers continue to walk the picket lines a month after they voted for job action and Federated Co-op locked them out of the facility. It has been a long few weeks, but employees such as Kevin Wenaus, who works in instrumentation at the refinery, are taking the experience positively. He said they want […]
Unifor employees at the Co-op Refinery will be locked out of work starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The lockout notice was issued by the company after 800 union employees issued a 48 our strike notice on Tuesday, to ensure operations can still run during the strike. During question period, NDP Leader Ryan Meili asked how […]
