27 Metro grocery stores reopening today for first time in over a month

More than two dozen Metro stores that were shut down due to a workers’ strike are reopening on Tuesday for the first time in over a month.

Union members approved a tentative agreement on Thursday, putting an end to the job action. Despite this, the company said the shuttered locations were not be ready to reopen last week since they were in need of major restocking.

More than 3,700 workers at 27 locations were off the job since July 29. The closed stores were located almost entirely in the GTA (full list below).

A new five-year deal means workers will get an immediate raise of $1.50 an hour, with full-time and senior part-time workers getting an additional $0.50 raise in January, bringing their total pay increase over the coming months to $2 an hour.

The workers, represented by Unifor, voted to ratify the deal just two days after Metro was granted a temporary injunction restricting secondary picket lines that blocked fresh product deliveries to its stores.

A list of Metro locations reopening on Sep. 5:

• Brampton – 180 Sandalwood Parkway
• Brantford – 371 St. Paul Ave.
• Etobicoke – 201 Lloyd Manor
• Etobicoke – 1500 Royal York Rd.
• Milton – 1050 Kennedy Circle
• Mississauga – 2225 Erin Mills Parkway
• Mississauga – 6677 Meadowvale Town Centre Circle
• Newmarket – 16640 Yonge St.
• Newmarket – 1111 Davis Dr.
• North York – 3090 Bathurst St.
• North York – 20 Church Ave.
• North York – 1411 Lawrence Ave. West
• North York – 291 York Mills Rd.
• North York – 1050 Don Mills Rd.
• Oakville – 1521 Rebecca St.
• Orangeville – 150 First St.
• Scarborough – 16 William Kitchen Rd.
• Scarborough – 40 Eglinton Square
• Scarborough – 2900 Warden Ave.
• Scarborough – 3221 Eglinton Ave. East
• Toronto – 3003 Danforth Ave.
• Toronto – 2155 St. Clair Ave. West
• Toronto – 100 Lynn Williams St.
• Toronto – 425 Bloor St. West
• Toronto – 2300 Yonge St.
• Toronto – 656 Eglinton Ave. East
• Toronto – 89 Gould St.