metro-strike-0830-ph2Metro Inc. has reached a tentative deal with the union representing 3,700 workers who walked off the job from more than two dozen stores in the Toronto area a month ago. If workers ratify the deal, it will end a strike that has shut down 27 stores and for a time blocked Metro’s meat and produce deliveries around the province. Unifor, the union representing the workers, said members will vote on the deal on Aug. 31 at noon at a Toronto convention centre. In a major escalation of the strike, Unifor on Aug. 23. started a round-the-clock blockade of Metro’s two west-end Toronto warehouses that specialize in perishable food. Unifor said it wouldn’t reveal the terms of its new tentative agreement until the deal is presented to members.
