Vic plant to run without union workers A VICTORIAN power station will operate without 75 locked-out union workers as it comes back online after a fire. The CFMEU workers have been replaced by non-union Energy Australia staff who have restored two units at the Yallourn power station after a fire shut down three on Friday. Energy Australia says it will operate the station without the union workers who were locked out in a long-running industrial dispute. "We intend to operate the station without the 75 CFMEU operators who refuse to do their job," Energy Australia group executive manager operations and construction Michael Hutchinson said. We now have generation up and running which means we can support all of the jobs we currently have on site. The indefinite lockout followed the escalation of industrial action on Friday morning. Workers will meet on Monday to discuss their industrial campaign at the plant, which supplies about 22 per cent of Victoria's energy. CFMEU mining and energy division district president Luke van der Meulen said the company's actions weren't consistent with its claim it wanted to negotiate. "There's been no dialogue between the company since they've announced the lockout," Mr van der Meulen told AAP. The union says the company has "gone backwards" since negotiations began. Police are investigating reports of equipment tampering at Yallourn, but say they are yet to determine if the blaze is suspicious. The CFA deemed the fire non-suspicious. Mr van der Meulen said reports of tampering were a "scurrilous" attempt to link the electrical fault with the industrial dispute.