Why did the union set a strike deadline?
The union set a strike deadline as a way to motivate the LCBO to take the members issues seriously and get down to bargaining a collective agreement. 5. Has the union already held a strike vote? Yes. In voting May 20-22, 93 per cent of OPSEU members at the LCBO who voted voted YES to give their bargaining team the authority to call a strike if necessary to achieve an acceptable agreement.. Voter turnout was 3,672 people, the highest on record for this bargaining unit of 6,000 workers. 6. Arent jobs at the LCBO already good jobs? Right now we have about 2,400 permanent full-time jobs at the LCBO, and these are good jobs, but the LCBO wants to destroy them. In bargaining, the LCBO has tabled a proposal that would mean that not one front-line LCBO employee would have a guaranteed, full-time, full-year job. As it is, 60 per cent of LCBO employees are casuals who cant get regular hours and make less than $20,800 a year on average. This is wrong. You cant bring kids up properly on half a job
