The union representing striking Dominion workers says they could soon be joined on strike by hundreds of their brothers and sisters throughout the Atlantic region.

Senior Unifor official Chris MacDonald says warehouse workers in other parts of the region are staring down a strike deadline of their own that they believe would put more pressure on parent company Loblaw to return to the bargaining table.

He says if the company doesn’t come through with reasonable offers for workers, there will be inevitable labour headaches for the company throughout the region.

The strike in this province is now into its eighth week with no talks planned.

Meanwhile, Dominion workers were on the picket line yesterday at the Loblaw warehouse in Donavan’s Industrial Park.

The senior union official hinted the location was no coincidence given growing labour unrest among hundreds of warehouse workers throughout the region.

MacDonald said the eight-week strike here has created a ripple effect of frustration that’s mutual among union brothers and sisters elsewhere.

It’s rooted in Loblaws decision to reduce full-time workers to part-time, and end the extra 2 dollars an hour they were paying workers earlier in the pandemic.

Unifor estimates it would cost just over $2-million to reinstate the bump in pay here—a pittance says MacDonald given their billion-dollar profit last year.