Manitoba Safeway, FreshCo workers resume talks
Staff members vote for strike mandate
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This article was published 28/02/2022 (1473 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
WINNIPEG — Contract talks are set to resume Tuesday for about 2,000 Safeway and FreshCo workers across Manitoba.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 832, which represents the workers, says the current collective agreement expires on March 19.
Negotiations with the grocery chains, which are both owned by Sobeys, have not gone well, the union says.
More than 98 per cent of workers who voted over the weekend were in favour of a strike mandate, it says.
Talks with the union began in December and the company is committed to finding a deal that respects the workers and keeps business competitive in the province, Sobeys says.
The company says it remains committed to the bargaining process.
“We know that if we work together, we can find common ground,” Sarah Dawson, Sobeys public affairs lead, said in an emailed statement.
The union said it represents employees at grocery stores in Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson, Neepawa and Dauphin.
“Over this pandemic, we have an employer who has made a huge profit and employees who have worked very hard to ensure Manitobans have access to essentials despite increasing risks and stress,” Jeff Traeger, the union’s president and lead negotiator, said in a news release.
“Sobeys Capital Incorporated has consistently called its employees heroes, but it’s time for them to move beyond words and show their gratitude in a more meaningful way.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 28, 2022.