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Standard-Freeholder column on the success of bringing executive compensation to the bargaining table in auto company contract talks.

Standard-Freeholder column on the success of bringing executive compensation to the bargaining table in auto company contract talks.

The heads of Canadas largest grocery chains were in Ottawa on Monday for a hastily called meeting with two top cabinet ministers to discuss the federal Liberal governments demand for the grocers to come up with a plan to stabilize prices.

This past Friday, even as Unifor president Lana Payne was still promoting the contract proposal as “the best deal in decades,” Metro workers voted to soundly reject the recommendation of the union. Picket lines went up shortly thereafter.

Professors, students and teachers are protesting illegal arrests of 22 students in Juyjuy Province while grocery workers in Metro Toronto are set to strike midnight Tuesday

The Bureau has promised to make their study on the food industry public by the end of this month.

Weston now makes 431 times the average employee wage which critics say just shows how ‘out of touch’ executive compensation is with regular Canadians

Weston now makes 431 times the average employee wage which critics say just shows how ‘out of touch’ executive compensation is with regular Canadians

Weston now makes 431 times the average employee wage which critics say just shows how ‘out of touch’ executive compensation is with regular Canadians

Both the United Kingdom and Australia where grocer oligopolies exist have a similar code already.