The United Food and Commercial Workers Union says they reached a deal on March 17 to ratify a new five-year collective agreement which will see Manitoba Safeway Workers become the highest-paid unionized retail workers in the province.
The deal will cover the more than 1,700 workers at all the Safeway locations across Manitoba.
According to Union President, Jeff Traeger contract talks really got moving once 98 percent of workers voted in favour of a strike mandate back in February.
The new deal will include predictable wage increases over the next five years, improved health and pension benefits and will also address concerns over the scheduling of cashiers.
