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A Toronto-centred labour feud has spilled into London, forcing a manufacturer here to close its doors and cut 110 jobs after nearly 60 years in business, its owner says.

George Gallant, who owns Lor-Don, a metal fabricating business on McCormick Boulevard, told workers he is fed up with a six-week strike between sheet metal workers and contractors representing businesses, and will close the business effective Monday.

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Gallant and the union reached an agreement at his plant, but the national union office and contractors also need to reach a deal before London workers can return to the job and that has not happened, a union official said Sunday.

“I hate to blame Toronto on this, but they are deadlocked,” said Mark Hall, business agent for the London sheet metal workers, Local 473.

“We want status quo. We can’t just say we’re happy in London so let’s get back to work. They want changes across the province,” he said of the contractors.