The union representing workers at the closing Diageo Crown Royal plant in Amherstburg says it’s reached a final deal for its members who will be out of a job next February.

Members of Unifor Local 200 met Sunday to ratify the company’s final offer. That means the plant closure plan is irreversible, says John D’Agnolo, Local 200 president. The roughly 160 unionized workers there have the option to leave now, or stay until the plant closes.

Premier Doug Ford has said the provincial government will protest the closure by pulling Crown Royal off its shelves at the LCBO next year. The union urged the province to "fight like hell" to keep the plant open .

But D’Agnolo says he believes the closure was always a done deal.

“I think the decision was already made, to be quite frank with you,” h

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