Loblaw workers on strike were met with disappointment when they visited the company headquarters last week in order to start some negotiations. The picketers, consisting of 40 staff members, began walking 600 kilometres from Northern Quebec to Brampton, Ontario on June 15. Upon their arrival to picket the company headquarters on Wednesday, they weren’t able to get a hold of any Loblaw officials, according to the Montreal Gazette. While most left the scene, about four of them reportedly stayed to picket for the weeks to come.
“We have tabled our final offer in all three cases, including competitive increases consistent with dozens of other collective agreements we’ve recently concluded in the province of Québec and consistent with the agreements in the Québec market at large,” says a Loblaw spokesperson. “We do not expect any talks to take place upon their arrival in Brampton.”
The reason for the strike dates back to August 2012 when 190 employees of a Maxi store in Rouyn-Noranda were locked out, followed by a Rouyn store closure in June 2013 and another case of workers being locked out in December 2012, at a Provigo store in Temiscaming.
