Unifor-Metro strike raises the bar for grocery store workers across the country
Unifor-Metro strike raises the bar for grocery store workers across the country
The Toronto deal comes as workers as B.C.'s Safeway stores inch closer to a strike. Read more.
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Unifor-Metro deal helps set floor for future agreements. Big Three have come under fire in recent years for high profits amid skyrocketing inflation.
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The Unifor-Metro deal helps set a floor for future agreements, though they won’t be identical, said Stephanie Ross, an associate professor in the school of labour studies at McMaster University.
Unifor has made it clear that it intends to use the Metro agreement to pattern bargain, meaning it will try to seek similar gains in upcoming negotiations with grocers.
Working at a grocery store once offered a decent job with good pay, but that’s changed, said York University associate professor of labour geography Steven Tufts.
Now that the Big Three grocers are on solid ground and reporting strong profits, Tuft said the proverbial chickens are coming home to roost.
The Unifor-Metro deal doesn’t mean grocery negotiations will be easy, said Alison Braley-Rattai, an associate professor of labour studies at Brock University, in an email.
Regardless, the Metro deal in the Toronto will help both Unifor and the UFCW argue for more at the table amid labour market conditions that are also giving workers more power, said Tufts.
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