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Employees, who formed a union in 2022, wanted paid sick leave and a reasonable pay increase.

Sobeys’ Pete’s Frootique workers end strike

Sign first collective agreement since unionizing in 2022

After rejecting the first offer from Sobeys, workers at Pete’s Frootique in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, approved their first-ever collective agreement, ending a strike which began on Nov. 18, reports CBC news.

Employees, who formed a union in 2022, wanted paid sick leave and a reasonable pay increase, and rejected an offer from Sobeys that included a pay increase of five cents above minimum wage of $15 an hour.

Prior to the settlement demonstrations were scheduled in front of stores across Canada. A national day of action by the union was set to take place on Jan. 6.

Service Employees International Union Local 2 represents the nearly 100 workers and said details of the new deal would be released in the coming days.

 

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