Workers at Ontario's liquor stores have entered negotiations with the Ford government for a new contract. Both sides are already telling very different stories about the future.
RELATED: As the Ontario government looks to expand alcohol sales in other retail locations, the union representing LCBO workers says it wants assurance that its workers have job security in their next agreement. Matthew Bingley reports.
As part of the day of action, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union suggested the province could privatize the LCBO or stop parts of it from remaining public.“We’re not going to stand by while Doug Ford puts that money into the pockets of big box grocery store CEOs,” Colleen MacLeod, chair of the LCBO employees bargaining team, previously said in a statement.
“But we can’t stick in 1927 when the LCBO came into force. We gotta move forward. People want convenience and choice and competition, we campaign on that … and now we’re getting it done with the LCBO and with the Beer Store and with all stakeholders because that’s what people want.” “We’ve seen them say one thing one day and hint at another thing another day,” she said Tuesday. “I will tell you we in the NDP will always stand with those workers, those are good jobs, important jobs and we believe that the LCBO needs to remain public.”
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