Walkout and lockout notices issued Co-op Refinery

Workers will be off the job site at Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex as of Thursday.

After voting in favour of a strike earlier Tuesday, Unifor 594 issued a 48-hour strike notice to the company.

As a response, the Federated Co-operatives Limited issued a lockout notice.

“So this means that Thursday night at 5:30 the company will be locking us out,” Kevin Bittman, president of Unifor 594, said.

In a statement posted on the Federated Co-operatives Limited website, the company indicated it was disappointed by the strike notice.

More to come…