Andre Landry Sr. ·
Go on strike, that might just be the reason we will need it in corner stores, no more strikes and more people employed, and I hope the Government does to them what they did to the teachers, enough is enough with this B.S. your already making a descent wage compliments of the taxpayers whom most make a lot less than you and pay your wages and benefits.
Richard Kehl ·
Lets go private, the store in mcgregor will boomin, oh ya it's private lol
No Jo ·
Or the wineries!
Anne Marie Bondy Soulliere ·
Or the Wine Racks @ the grocery stores!
No Jo ·
Have you seen the 7 page (small writing too) list of LCBO employees who adorn the sunshine party?
Besides...selling liquor and beer in corner stores would create MORE taxes...taxes won't be eliminated by getting rid of the LCBO monopoly. Time to rethink your uninformed comment.
Besides...selling liquor and beer in corner stores would create MORE taxes...taxes won't be eliminated by getting rid of the LCBO monopoly. Time to rethink your uninformed comment.
No Jo ·
The taxes won't change. They will go to the same pocket. I don't begrudge decent wages...what I don't appreciate is being held hostage by a monopoly that I help to pay for.
There's no reason to strike when you already make decent wages. People who make diddly squat are the ones who need to strike in order to improve their situation. If these guys go on strike, it will simply create more anger towards the whole public sector and their unions.
Bargain without inconveniencing the public that pays your salary. Striking is not necessary.
There's no reason to strike when you already make decent wages. People who make diddly squat are the ones who need to strike in order to improve their situation. If these guys go on strike, it will simply create more anger towards the whole public sector and their unions.
Bargain without inconveniencing the public that pays your salary. Striking is not necessary.
Tommy Rock ·
A crown corporation that brings in 2.4 billion but is still in debt? Ya great business model.
Reply · Yesterday at 7:17am
Steve Durocher ·
Stocking up on liquor at Canadian prices, are you mad? It's not like stocking up on pork 'n beans in a fallout shelter. Never negotiate with hostage takers. Time has come to turf government oligarchies.
No Jo ·
Oooooo...there are going to be some pretty pissed off people. Good thing we have wineries close by.
Oh...and don't trust anything 'Smokey' says. He'll do anything to take another public sector union to the street. He still gets paid his big fat wages while his minions lose theirs along with public sympathy.
Would it take that long to train replacement workers to work a cash register?
Oh...and don't trust anything 'Smokey' says. He'll do anything to take another public sector union to the street. He still gets paid his big fat wages while his minions lose theirs along with public sympathy.
Would it take that long to train replacement workers to work a cash register?
Anne Marie Bondy Soulliere ·
They want you to "Stock up" ! Well of course they do! It will push their sales through the roof, again! Strike before May 2/4 week end?! I think not!
My two cents worth commentary, for the two cents its worth.
If LCBO ceases to exist and liquor sales are privatized but not at corner stores, instead you would have to specifically open a liquor store to sell it. It would provide business and employment opportunities.
The link to the article is above - the entire article is below in very teenie-tiny faded font
"Drinkers across Ontario were warned Friday to stock up on booze before the Victoria Day weekend or face being shut out by a potential strike by LCBO workers.
Both management and union leaders expressed frustration over the current stalemate in contract negotiations, although both sides have vowed to continue negotiating.
About 6,700 employees, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, have set a strike deadline of next Friday.
“We are absolutely intent on bargaining a contract and not have a strike,” said Warren (Smokey) Thomas, president for OPSEU. “I can’t say the same for the employer. This could go either way. No one has got a crystal ball to predict what will happen.”
The workers’ contract expired at the end of March and they have voted 95 percent in favour of a strike.
The treatment of its part-time workforce is one of the major issues during negotiations, Thomas said.
Nearly 4,000 of the employees – over 60 per cent – are classified as being casual or part-time.
“The last couple rounds of bargaining we asked them to address issues around the part-time workers and they came to the table looking to make the working lives of part-time employees worse than it is,” Thomas said.
About 70 per cent of those part-time employees are female. Thomas claims they often receive less than their male counterparts and get handed working hours so spread out as to make it difficult to grab another part-time job just to make ends meet.
“You have a worker getting two four-hour shifts, rather than working an eight-hour day,” Thomas said. “They need to schedule better so they can go find another part-time job and get their 40 hours per week.”
LCBO operates a “world-class organization” on every front, except when it comes to its workforce where it remains stuck in the dark ages, he said.
“Being world-class is how they should treat their workers, as well,” Thomas said.
To hammer home their concerns, OPSEU filed a legal claim Friday with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal against the LCBO and the Ontario government for wage discrimination against its female employees.
“Both sides are still at the table,” said Heather MacGregor, spokeswoman for LCBO. “Our plan is to get a deal that is fair and equitable to the employees, but also one that is responsible to the taxpayer and takes into account the current fiscal situation in Ontario.”
The LCBO generated profits of roughly $2.4 billion last year, including HST and import duties, but the Ontario government – which oversees the provincial retailer of liquor and wine – continues to drown in red ink.
Accusations about its female employees and the tribunal complaint will be dealt with separately as LCBO solely focused on first getting a tentative agreement with its workforce and avoiding a strike, she said.
“We don’t agree with the discrimination alleged,” MacGregor said. “A man and woman (employed by LCBO) receive the same wage. There is no differential treatment based on sex.”
She said working hours vary greatly for part-time workers and need to be spread out to reflect “the nature of the work itself.”
“It’s what most retailers do in the province,” MacGregor said. “It’s consistent with shopping patterns and our busiest times.
“Nobody runs a business with just full-time employees. We manage our employee hours based on store sales and customer traffic.”
Part-time LCBO workers receive wages between $14.94 and $20.27 per hour, while full-time employees receive between $22.65 and $26.48, she said.
Due to record sales, the LCBO last year did increase its part-time hours by 200,000 at its 635 retail stores across Ontario, MacGregor said."
