On Thursday morning, nearly 50 workers set up a picket line at Weston Foods bakery in an industrial park near St. John's.

Unifor says it has set up secondary pickets at Loblaw distribution centres in Ajax, Ont., and Moncton, N.B., to bring attention to the dispute.

All three stores have directed other workers who may have had contact with COVID-19-infected employees to self-isolate.

Eleven Dominion stores across the province have been closed since late August, when more than 1,400 workers went on strike to demand better wages and more full-time positions.

'Team members who worked closely with this individual are now at home in self-isolation, monitoring for any symptoms.'

Loblaw Companies Inc. said it received word of a positive COVID-19 test result from the affected worker last Friday.

Members of Unifor want Loblaws to settle a two-week strike in Newfoundland and to restore the pandemic pay to all workers across the country.

Loblaw reports its net income plunged in the second quarter from coronavirus-related costs.

Three executives say the companies reached their decisions independently based on numerous factors that for some included knowing a competitor's plan.

A Loblaws front-line worker says she and other co-workers became infected with the novel coronavirus while working at the store and that she wasn't supported by management.