Canada Safeway has confirmed it will close its three Thunder Bay stores if striking employees do not accept the company’s latest offer. A United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) official says the union is confident current employees will be hired if the stores are sold.
The UFCW is not prepared to accept Safeway’s offer as final until the company applies for a government-supervised vote. The vote could be delayed by the Ontario Public Services Employees Union strike. The Safeway employees have been on strike since Oct. 1, 2001.
