A strike by unionized members at Cargill in London, Ont. will not be happening.
After union members initially rejected a tentative five year contract Sunday night by a 61 per cent vote, the bargaining unit representing United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Region 6 went back to the table and presented a new four year deal to employees on Wednesday.
Sam Caetano, director of UFCW Region 6 says over 600 members attended the meeting and ratified the new deal by a 70 per cent margin.
The union says it had moved the strike deadline to Wednesday at midnight in order for a new deal to be done.
Cargill is a poultry processing plant that employs roughly 900 people and processes 100,000 chickens per day.
https://london.ctvnews.ca/strike-averted-at-cargill-in-london-ont-1.5842668
