Loblaws, Metro Inc. settle with Toronto area employees

Both Loblaws and Metro Inc.have avoided strikes at their Ontario stores. Local 414 of the grandly-named Union for Canada (Unifor) representing 4,000 workers at Metro grocery stores in Ontario has reached a tentative contract agreement.  The proposed contract covers 28 stores in the Toronto area owned by Metro Inc.. A strike had been set for Sunday. At Loblaws different union has also settled. Local 1000A of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFWC) ratified a contract this week avoiding a strike that could have started this weekend. Shop easy everyone. .