Maple Leaf workers vote in favour of deal
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Workers at the Maple Leaf Consumer Foods plant on Lagimodiere Boulevard have ratified a new five-year contract.
The members of United Food and Commercial Workers Canada voted 97 per cent in favour of the collective bargaining agreement, Local 832 said in a news release Wednesday.
Workers voted 98 per cent in favour of strike authorization in November after more than six months of contract talks about pay, benefits and working conditions.
The two parties started bargaining on April 30, Local 832 president Jeff Traeger said previously. The contract expired Dec. 31.
Maple Leaf is headquartered in Mississauga, Ont. The Lagimodiere plant is labelled by the company as its Bacon Centre of Excellence.
The local represents more than 1,800 workers at the plant.