Beginning June 27, all LCBO retail locations will open early to allow customers to stock up ahead of a potential strike by unionized employees.
prepares for unionized workers to walk off the job on July 5, the provincially run liquor store is extending store hours to allow customers to stock up.between the Crown corporation and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union have stalled over fundamental disagreements about the future of the LCBO and alcohol sales in Ontario.
Beginning June 27, all LCBO retail locations will open at 9:30 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. until July 4. Stores will still closed on Canada Day. The main sticking point appears to be the Ford government’s deal with The Beer Store to allow convenience stores to sell beer, wine, ciders, and ready-to-drink beverages as of Sept. 5.Workers at Ontario’s main liquor retailer have set a date to strike. A person walks past shelves of bottles of alcohol on display at an LCBO in Ottawa, Thursday March 19, 2020.
On the product side, the union has asked the LCBO to keep “profitable products,” like spirits and ready-to-drink beverages, exclusively in LCBO stores.
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