Loomis Express workers across Canada have called off a strike after reaching a tentative contract agreement with the logistics provider’s parent company, TransForce International. (Photo: Loomis Express)
“This tentative agreement leverages the power of a national union to set and raise standards across the country while allowing for provincial nuances in the operations,” Lana Payne, president of Unifor, said in a statement.
A major factor for the potential strike was TFI regularly “shuffling work between subsidiaries or contracting out to avoid providing workers with decent full-time jobs,” Unifor said.
Unifor declined to provide details of the new contract between Loomis Express and TFI.
“Details of the tentative agreement will not be released prior to a ratification vote by members,” Unifor spokeswoman Kathleen O’Keefe told .
It will take about two weeks to schedule all of the votes on the new contract, Unifor said.
Unifor represents Loomis Express workers in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
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by Noi Mahoney
