Hundreds of Ontario’s liquor stores have re-opened today after a strike that saw them shut their doors in early July.
About 10,000 Liquor Control Board of Ontario workers returned Monday to prepare for the opening of nearly 700 stores after they walked off the job on July 5th.
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents L-C-B-O workers, had said the labour dispute was largely about Premier Doug Ford’s plan to allow convenience and grocery stores to sell ready-to-drink cocktails, saying expanded sales of the beverages would threaten their jobs.
The union secured pay raises, a thousand more permanent jobs for casual workers and no store closures over the course of the three-year deal.