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Loblaw Ontario Contract Talks Break Down

Negotiations between Loblaw and four United Food and Commercial Workers union locals have broken down over what the union called the retailer's unwillingness to bargain productively.

TORONTO — Negotiations between Loblaw and four United Food and Commercial Workers union locals have broken down over what the union called the retailer's unwillingness to bargain productively.

The unions, representing 30,000 workers at various Loblaw-owned banners in Ontario, have requested that negotiations continue with the help of a federal conciliator. The unions allege that Loblaw wants to operate under the economics of its Superstore and Great Food banners only, which it said would eliminate conventional collective agreements.

"These are setting out to be the most difficult negotiations all four Locals have experienced with the company," officials of UFCW Locals 175 and 1977 said in a joint statement.

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