Improved wages and new full-time jobs mark significant improvements in a new collective agreement for Metro stores across Ontario, the second supermarket group that this year renewed contracts with the food chain. The new collective agreement provides for substantial wage improvements for full-time and part-time workers, the abolition of wage brackets, the creation of new classifications of high-paying services, stricter leave and transfer provisions, new full-time work opportunities and sets for the first time a paid personal day for part-time workers. On October 2, 2019, Members of Metro Bayridge in Kingston signed a new four-year contract. The Union`s negotiating committee worked hard to get a voucher. View article UFCW Local 1000a, which represents 13,600 workers in 69 Loblaw-owned stores under banners like Great Food and Superstore, ratified a revised treaty on Wednesday. Earlier this week, Metro`s food retailers in Pembroke, Ont., overwhelmingly ratified their first collective agreement. The 81 workers voted for that. in November 2019. View article Metro March Road members recently ratified a new agreement. Three-year contract for Metro March Road members offers three lump sum payments of $US 900. View article TORONTO, July 19, 2019 /CNW/ – Metro grocery store employees have ratified a new collective agreement that has seen significant increases, including wage increases and 45 additional full-time jobs. The new collective agreement includes more than 500 employees at four subway sites in Ontario. Members have ratified the agreement by 90%.

Other terms of the deal were not published in Friday`s announcement. The new agreement also includes better student leave, an expanded shoe allowance and a renewed commitment to Unifor`s Women`s Advocate program to help members and their families who are victims of domestic violence. The union, which represents 4,000 employees at Metro grocery stores in Ontario, has reached a preliminary contractual agreement. The new four-year contract expires on July 16, 2023. On May 8, 2019, Local 175 members who work at Metro Ogilvie in Ottawa were granted a new collective agreement that pushes them to . View article The new four-year contract includes approximately 4,000 Unifor Local 414 members at 27 subway sites across Ontario. It builds on the historic 2015 collective agreement, which saw significant improvements in part-time planning and wage increases, which increased by up to 50 per cent in four years, in conjunction with Ontario`s latest minimum wage increase. .