A Federated Co-operatives Limited spokesperson said the Co-op refinery hopes to hire the employees back as the pressures of the pandemic subside.

Manitoba Hydro says it has reached an agreement with another group of workers to avoid temporary layoffs at the Crown Corporation.

"We're willing to stay out here as long as we have to," she said. 

The labour dispute between the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) and Unifor Local 594, the union representing its workers, is over.

"They work directly with the patients everyday and risk of being exposed, and some have been," Sarah Omelia Muylaert, LHSC UNIFOR Union chair said.

Jerry Dias says Premier Doug Ford told him today a plan to change the Retail Business Holidays Act and reduce the number of mandatory statutory holidays for from nine to three is off.

The labour dispute between Federated Co-op Limited and Unifor Local 594 has now hit the six month mark.

A full investigation is ongoing to track the costs associated with the clean up, which the City of Regina will recoup from the Co-op Refinery Complex.

Unifor Local 594 president Kevin Bittman said the pandemic makes it tough for the union to get its message out when members can't meet in person or rally in large groups.

The union is not only calling for more transparency but for the Ministry of Environment to conduct a full investigation into the oil spill.