Workers at Sobeys distribution centre in Quebec go on strike after talks break down
Posted February 9, 2022 9:41 am.
Last Updated February 9, 2022 9:46 am.
TERREBONNE, Que. — Workers at a Sobeys distribution centre in Quebec have gone on strike after negotiations between the company and the union broke down this week.
Kim Bergeron, a lawyer representing UFCW Canada’s Local 501, says about 190 workers at the automated grocery warehouse north of Montreal walked off the job late Monday.
She says the union and the company reached an impasse after more than a dozen meetings since November, with pay and benefits emerging as the key sticking points.
The strike comes at a time when supply chain issues have already left grocery store shelves in Canada less stocked than usual.
Sobeys spokeswoman Jacquelin Weatherbee says the company has contingency plans in place to support its IGA stores in Quebec from neighbouring distribution centres.
She says the company is disappointed, but is hoping to rejoin the union at the bargaining table.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 9, 2022.
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