May 20, 2021

TORONTO – After nearly three weeks on the picket line, more than 470 workers who went on strike at a Nestlé Canada manufacturing plant in Toronto, have reached a three-year tentative agreement with the chocolate giant.

“Over the term of this agreement, our 80 junior members in the P0 (contract) classification who are currently making $17.30 an hour will be making over $25 an hour by the end of this agreement and they will be made permanent,” said Unifor National President Jerry Dias, during an announcement outside the plant Thursday morning.

Unifor Local 252 workers, who manufacture Kit Kat, Aero, Coffee Crisp and Smarties, have been on strike since just after midnight May 1, fighting for full-time status for its contract employees and improved pension benefits.

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