Metro Strike

• Metro strike deal raises the bar for grocery store workers, experts say

  More than 3,700 Metro workers went on strike at the end of July after rejecting their first tentative agreement, fighting for better pay.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2023
  
• Almost half of Canadians say right to strike outweighs economic risk: poll

  A new survey from the Angus Reid Institute found that for almost half of Canadians the right to strike outweighs the risk of economic consequences.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2023
  
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• Metro and Unifor return to bargaining table after court restricts union pickets

  The Montreal-based grocer says deliveries will resume and stores will be resupplied as soon as possible.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2023
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• Metro grocery seeks injunction against striking workers preventing deliveries to stores

  Metro Inc. says it's seeking an injunction against striking employees who are picketing its warehouses and preventing deliveries to stores in Ontario.

  Canada

  Aug 25, 2023
• Metro filing labour complaint against Unifor amid ongoing strike, warehouse picket

  The move comes after striking Metro workers started picketing two of the grocers' distribution warehouses in the morning.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2023
• Metro grocery store workers picket at distribution warehouses as strike continues

  The union representing thousands of Greater Toronto Area Metro grocery store workers says its members have created a secondary picket line at two distribution warehouses.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2023
• Lana Payne’s year of action: Unifor president on opportunities for workers

  It's been one year since Lana Payne was elected as national president of Unifor, and she's made it clear that workers deserve more with the rising cost of living.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2023
• Metro says union refused request to meet amid ongoing grocery strike in the GTA

  Metro's bargaining committee reached out to Unifor over the weekend and offered to meet as soon as Sunday or Monday, said spokeswoman Marie-Claude Bacon in a statement.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2023
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• Striking Metro workers say they face challenges affording the very food they sell

  Many stationed on the picket line Wednesday said higher pay is essential to any potential agreement reached.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2023
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• Striking workers want more from employers, unions amid string of failed deals: experts

  A recent string of rejected tentative agreements across the country is a sign that workers are expecting more from their employers, and their unions, experts said.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2023