Union leaders who represent thousands of grocery-store workers are telling MPs there is no reason for large chains to cut pandemic-related pay premiums since the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't gone away.
Representatives from Teamsters Canada, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Canada and Unifor point to the dozens of retail and warehouse workers who remain sickened with COVID-19 and a report Monday from CTV News in Windsor, Ont. that two workers had just tested positive in the border city.
When the pandemic struck Canada in March, major grocery chains said they would boost front-line workers' wages on average about $2 per hour. "Look, the argument is nonsense and every one of us on this panel understands that and I will argue they understand that as well," Dias said, referring to grocery-chain executives.
Grocery stores were among the businesses governments deemed essential services that didn't have to close as public health restrictions forced companies to cut operations to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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