Co-op says it's preparing to transition to a low-carbon economy and that there is a need to reduce the workforce to ensure the refinery's the long-term sustainability.
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Employees will still be required to wear masks and physically distance at work, even though the provincial government will no longer require those measures.
“We will continue to have all of our safety protocols that we have in place currently and that really is because of the working environment that we’re in. We have navigated through this pandemic since the beginning and that is where our comfort level is,” said Brad DeLorey, the CRC’s director of communications and public affairs.
Layoffs are coming at the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina. In a two-paragraph statement issued Friday, the refinery said it had provided formal notic.
The Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina says it provided formal notice to Unifor local 594 that they intend to make layoffs. Talks between the two began early Thursday morning.