A third multi-million dollar canola crushing plant has been announced for Regina. Federated Co-ops has announced a 2 billion dollar Integrated Agriculture Complex north of the Co-op refinery. The complex will include a renewable bio-diesel facility from crushed canola. A 360 million dollar canola crushing plant, a joint venture with AGT foods, is part […]
Federated Co-Operatives Limited (FCL) have announced their plans to build an Integrated Agriculture Complex north of the CO-OP Refinery in Regina. The complex will contain a renewable diesel facility along with a canola crushing plant in partnership with AGT Foods. The renewable diesel product plant at FCL represents a $2 billion investment for the province. […]
Unifor and Federated Co-op need to sit at the table and work on a deal right now. Those were the words from Saskatchewan’s Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Don Morgan as the two sides remain without a deal since Co-op locked out workers on December 5, 2019. Since FCL announced they are unable […]
Unifor members have set up a blockade around a Co-op cardlock in Yorkton on Wednesday morning even as talks with mediator Vince Ready continue to try and end the stalemate at the Regina refinery. The cardlock is located on York Road in Yorkton’s north end. Derek Emperingham, one of about 20 workers who set up […]
The Saskatchewan Trucking Association says trucking companies are welcoming financial relief coming from Federated Co-op in the aftermath of the Unifor labour dispute at the Co-op refinery complex. FCL announced Wednesday that they would be paying 75% of what the trucking companies would normally be paid, but the STA says some cost recovery is better […]
Federated Co-op says they will financially support independent lease operators affected during the Co-op refinery labour dispute with special payments. In a release on Wednesday morning, FCL stated these payments will be given out to help support lease operators not only in Regina, but drivers and companies who service facilities in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Carseland, […]
Federated Co-op and Unifor have 20 days to reach an agreement before Vince Ready steps in an makes a recommendation. The well known mediator who has helped settle labour disputes for decades was appointed by the provincial government to help bring an end to the lockout at the Co-op Refinery Complex which has been going […]
Federated Co-operatives Limited says with only a few days until bargaining is set to resume, Unifor has used fences to blockade the FCL bulk fuel terminal, propane branch and cardlock in Saskatoon’s biz hub. FCL CEO Scott Banda describes the action as disappointing but not surprising. He says the company is taking the appointment of […]
The Provincial Government says they’ve appointed a special mediator to assist in the dispute between Federated Co-op and Unifor. Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan has appointed Vince Ready as a special mediator to assist in the negotiations between Unifor Local 594 and the Consumer’s Co-operative Refineries Limited. Workers at the Co-op Refinery […]
