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Covered Bridge Potato Chip workers accept first contract, ending strike and boycott

by NB Media Co-op
May 29, 2016
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Mike McLaughlin, Sarah Bernard, Tracy Glynn and Abram Lutes (L-R) showing support for the Covered Bridge Potato Chip workers during the strike and boycott in the winter of 2016 at one of the many solidarity pickets organized by the Fredericton District Labour Council. Photo by Alex Bailey.

Covered Bridge Potato Chip workers voted on May 24 to accept a first contract with their employer that will give them job security, seniority, and a slight pay increase.

The strike and boycott action lasted four months.

 

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