Deal ends 36 days of job action: Union
Moose Jaw Co-op workers in Moose Jaw, Sask., reached a new collective agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW), Local 1400.
Employees voted on Nov. 6 in favour of accepting Co-op's offer, and will return to work on Nov. 8, after 36 days of job action.
“We're pleased an agreement was reached that was fair to both parties,” said Gerry Onyskevitch, general manager of the Co-op. “Our final offer reduces the wage difference between longer-term employees and those hired more recently.”
The new agreement preserves the wage scale that was negotiated for new employees in the previous collective agreement, a point that was critical to the long-term competitiveness of the retail outlet, said the union.
