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Unifor Local 594 held a rally at the legislature grounds on Wednesday to pressure the provincial government to help end the labour dispute with the Co-op Refinery.

A multi-million-dollar settlement has been reached between the City of Regina and the Consumers’ Co-operative Refinery Limited, ending a lawsuit with the refinery.

The City of Regina has reached a $4.65 million settlement with Consumers’ Co-operative Refinery Limited, ending a lawsuit between the two parties. The lawsuit stemmed from an incident in May 2020 when a thick, tar-like substance contaminated 60,000 litres of water released from the plant. Regina said the settlement will be invested into repairing a...

Saskatchewan’s premier is stepping in to help end the Co-op Refinery lockout, but it comes with conditions. Allison Bamford explains.

Monday began with Unifor’s national chapter blockading the Co-op Refinery in Regina as a labour dispute escalated. By 6 p.m. Unifor president Jerry Dias had been arrested. Allison Bamford was live at 6 with the details from the picket line.

Hundreds of union members have come to Regina from across the country to back the picket lines and Unifor says that’s injecting money into the local economy.

Regina Mayor Michael Fougere talks about the impact the Co-op Refinery lockout is having on the community.

Conversations between Co-op and Unifor are happening, just not at the bargaining table. As Allison Bamford explains, there are strings attached to both sides finding a settlement.

Federated Co-op is celebrating a successful 2019 touting it as one of its best financial years ever. It comes as FCL starts mediation with locked out workers of its Regina oil refinery.

More than a month into the Co-op Refinery labour dispute, new blockades and an online video calling out so-called ‘scabs’ are just the latest in Unifor’s escalating tactics. Allison Bamford explains.

Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) filed an injunction against Unifor Local 594 on Tuesday and will be in court on Monday.

A driver gets held up at the Co-op refinery in Regina.

Truck drivers heading in and out of the Co-op refinery in Regina say striking Unifor members are defying a court order and vandalizing vehicles.

It’s day five of the lockout at the Co-op Refinery, and pushback on the picket lines is forcing Co-op to look to the sky for solutions. Allison Bamford has the update.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday that a bomb threat delivered to Regina’s mayor threatening to blow up Unifor blockades if they weren’t dismantled was “very alarming.” He cautioned the local representing Co-op refinery workers against setting up “illegal” picket lines after Unifor announced it would set up informational picket lines at rural fuel stations...

The City of Regina is asking the Saskatchewan Health Authority to conduct a public health assessment on the Co-op refinery replacement worker camp. As Allison Bamford reports, this comes following a recent allegation from Unifor, claiming an emergency health care worker didn’t self-isolate after returning from Las Vegas on March 15.

A court order issued earlier this week rules that picketing Unifor members can impede traffic at the Co-op refinery for no more than ten minutes. Connor O’Donovan has more on the court proceedings. Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/6345597/injunction-co-op-refinery-unifor/

The Saskatchewan Trucking Association spoke out about the effect the labour dispute at the Co-op Refinery Complex is having on its members and drivers.

Regina police say they are blocking traffic at Ninth Avenue North between Winnipeg Street and McDonald Street, while blockades around the Co-op refinery are being removed.

Thirty-four days into the Regina Co-op refinery’s lockout, the union has reached out to the company about going back to the bargaining table – but isn’t willing to concede in the ongoing dispute over pension security.