Union representing Canada Safeway workers in Alberta frustrated over contract talks

The contract between Sobeys, which owns the grocery store chain, and its 8,000 workers at 75 Safeway stores in the province expired in 2017

. A union official says little progress has been made in talks despite the addition of a government-appointed mediator in February.

Hughes said Sobeys sent out a newsletter to shareholders saying it had recorded a 37 per cent jump in same store sales in the first four weeks of the pandemic lockdown. The union has set up a page on its website entitled “Preparing for a Strike at Safeway in Alberta” and is doing an online survey of its members about a possible strike vote.“We’re at the bargaining table trying to get a deal and we’re still looking at these concessions. People are furious. We’re in mediation right now and … we may be in a situation in the next few weeks to have to take a strike vote.

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