THUNDER BAY – Better get your summer booze order together quickly.
Union officials representing LCBO workers on Friday announced they have issued a no-board report, meaning they can legally walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. on June 26. Workers have been without a contract since March 31.
Ontario Public Service Employees Union bargaining team chair Denise Davis put the ball squarely back in the LCBO’s court.
“There are real problems with the LCBO right now," said Davis in a release issued by the union on Friday. "But there's also real potential to make it the global leader it has the potential to be, not just in sales, but in the standard it sets for other employers by how it treats the workers who drive those sales.
"We've come forward at the bargaining table with a plan for a better LCBO – one that doesn't leave workers trapped in part-time positions for decades, protects jobs in communities across Ontario, and strengthens this public asset that provides essential revenue for the province. LCBO management knows they can afford to treat their workers better – after all, we're talking about a company with $2 billion in profits last year."
