After a request on Friday by Unifor national president Jerry Dias to sit down with Regina mayor Michael Fougere, the two sat down at City Hall. The meeting, which lasted about an hour, was a chance for the two to speak about the lockout at the Co-Op refinery which hit Day 50 on Friday. Fougere […]
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 […]
Saying the role of the Regina Police Service is to maintain community safety, Police Chief Evan Bray has gone to Facebook to talk about the lockout at the Co-Op Refinery. Bray, who says he felt the need to have this conversation with the public using Facebook, feels this is an issue that has brought up […]
President of Unifor National Jerry Dias has announced their members are going to start the escalation of boycotting Co-op gas stations and stores. This comes after Regina police arrested him at the picket line Monday evening in Regina along with several others. At a media gathering on Tuesday morning, Dias told reporters that the sole […]
After 14 arrests were made Monday night at the Co-op Refinery Complex, the City of Regina has come forward calling for a resolve to the labour dispute between Unifor and Federated Co-op. Members of the union have fenced off the refinery, including blocking rail tracks and emergency exits with vehicles. There are now reports the […]
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 […]
During a news conference Monday morning from outside of the Co-op Refinery Complex, Unifor announced no trucks will be entering the refinery. Unifor says they have 500 members from across Canada coming in to help picket and block off every entrance and exit to the facility. Unifor National President Jerry Dias said Co-op locking out […]
The Sherwood Co-op location on Winnipeg Street and 9th Avenue north near Ring Road is fenced off by Unifor local 594 as part of their ongoing labour dispute with Federated Co-op. This is the second time Unifor has locked out a Saskatchewan Co-op location this week after they barricaded the cardlock location in Weyburn on […]
Unifor has removed the picture of Kalpesh Patel from their controversial “Meet the Scabs” social media video. The video, which has been viewed over 2500 times on Twitter, has led Patel to threaten to file a lawsuit against the union if he was not removed for the video. ICYMI – Meet the Co-op Scabs. There […]
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. […]
