Dive Brief:

• Nearly 8,500 Loblaw store workers in Alberta, Canada, have gone on strike seeking to be scheduled for additional hours per week.
• All Loblaw stores affected have remained opened and negotiations are ongoing between the two sides.
• In an unrelated negotiation, Union employees for Saskatchewan Loblaw have reached “tentative” agreement with Loblaw on a new employment contract, according to details published by Supermarket News.

Dive Insight:

Loblaw workers based in Manitoba reached an agreement with the retailer in September. In regards to the negotiations in Alberta, Loblaw says negotiations are ongoing between representatives of United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Local 401. “We feel we are making progress at the bargaining table and continue to negotiate in good faith,” Loblaw said in a statement.