Unifor national president Lana Payne said in a text message that there had been some progress, but added that it’s “a critical time” in the talks. After negotiating until late Monday night, discussions resumed this morning, Payne said.
Metro also saw sales rise to $4.55 billion in the quarter, a 6.6 per cent rise from the same period a year earlier. “Front-line jobs in the service industry were becoming harder to fill even before the pandemic. And what these workers went through during the pandemic made it even harder,” said Gomez. Sylvain Charlebois, head of the Agri-Food Analytics lab at Dalhousie University, agreed that the battle for public opinion is likely a key factor for Metro.