Negotiate fair contract, living wages: UFCW
United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW), Local 1006A food retail members at the Baxtrom’s Your Independent Grocer (YIG) in Cornwall, Ont., went on strike on Nov. 23.
The bargaining talks broke off as the company refused to move off a final offer which would lock workers into a long contract without a living wage increase, leaving members with more than 25 years of service $0.60 cents minimum wage, said the union.
Baxtrom’s Your Independent Grocer is a franchise of Loblaw Companies, which is the number one grocery retailer in Canada, according to UFCW.
UFCW is calling on the company to negotiate a fair contract with a living-wage increase, said the union.
The striking unit includes about 150 UFCW members who are standing at the line, said the union.
