The head of Canada’s largest private-sector union says the refusal by the country’s grocers to reinstate “hero pay” for employees amid an exponential rise in COVID-19 cases is “about greed, period.”
Unifor national president Jerry Dias said while front-line supermarket workers are facing the biggest risks, executives are receiving the biggest rewards.
He said top grocery bosses have received multimillion-dollar bonuses as sales and profits soar during the pandemic — even as they refuse to bring back pay bumps for employees.
Yet Dias said the risk of catching COVID-19 has never been greater for retail workers as infections surge across the country.
