Strike while ice cream cold
Labour trouble is brewing at Canada Safeways Edmonton Distribution Centre and at the Safeway owned Lucerne Foods Ice Cream plant.
With the possibility of a strike affecting its Edmonton Distribution Centre, Safeway has started advertising for temporary workers.
Employees represented by Local 401 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union earlier voted 95 percent in favour of strike action if necessary. The union says negotiations ended after Safeway made what it calls “an insulting monetary offer” and then rejected a request to modify its bargaining position on other matters including job security and seniority.
Although a strike mandate has been approved by UFCW workers at the Lucerne Foods Ice Cream Plant and at the Canada Safeway Edmonton Distribution Centre, a date for a walkout has not been revealed. (EM, ccg)
