{"id":1195,"date":"2026-09-17T23:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/metro-says-it-has-an-agreement-in-principle-with-striking-laval-que-workers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T23:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:01:32","slug":"metro-says-it-has-an-agreement-in-principle-with-striking-laval-que-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/metro-says-it-has-an-agreement-in-principle-with-striking-laval-que-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro says it has an agreement in principle with striking Laval, Que., workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-750ceo\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-1f8hkhu loader\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-1f8hkhu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1f8hkhu loader\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"yf-750ceo\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->A customer holds their shopping basket at a Metro grocery store In Toronto on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Cole Burston &#8211; The Canadian Press<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->MONTREAL \u2014 Metro Inc. appears to be closer to ending a strike at its Laval, Que., produce distribution centre, after reaching an agreement in principle with the union for the renewal of the collective contract.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Metro says the union&#8217;s bargaining committee will unanimously recommend that workers vote for it.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->A ratification vote will be held on Sept. 24.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->About 550 unionized workers at the<strong> <\/strong>distribution centre, including those in transportation and at the head office, have been on strike since March 30, demanding better pay and working conditions.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Negotiations came to a standstill in the summer as the company and United Grocers Workers Union Metro-Richelieu (CSN), which represents distribution centre workers, stood far apart on terms.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Nicolas Amyot, Metro&#8217;s chief financial officer, has previously estimated the strike cost the company $90 million in lost profit and direct costs in the third quarter.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2026.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Companies in this story: (TSX: MRU)<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The Canadian Press<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A customer holds their shopping basket at a Metro groce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}