Workers and Unifor members strike outside Toronto's Nestle plant after walking off the job Sunday, May 5, 2024. Experts say that workers right now are more willing to reject tentative agreements in bargaining as they try to catch up from the effects of inflation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Unionized workers rejecting more deals as fight for wage gains presses on

by The Canadian Press May 15, 2024

written by The Canadian Press May 15, 2024

Experts say union workers are feeling increasingly emboldened to reject tentative agreements as they fight to join the ranks of those benefitting from the recent wave of wage gains. McGill University associate professor Barry Eidlin says there’s a clear uptick in workers rejecting deals that have be...

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