LCBO workers set to strike as talks fall apart | CTV News Toronto at Six for July 4, 2024

[@fhanoverartist]

This is a great opportunity for a lifestyle change.

[@gregrobbins9493]

What's wrong with other stores selling drinks? Lcbo is afraid of competition

[@fhanoverartist]

I have travelled to many countries. A government managed alcoholic sales venue is viewed by foreigners as absurd. This is not 1927. Prohibition is over. Get on with modern Canada. LCBO controls are from prohibition era when they wanted to legalize alcohol. Similar to todays control ID cannibis sales venues. Foreigners already think we are ridiculous. There are bigger things to worry about.

[@UzumakiNaruto_]

We already have enough drunks in the streets and behind the wheels of cars. Don't have to make buying liquor even easier.

[@pacman3556]

@@UzumakiNaruto_ Ontario is the only place that govt controlled LCBO. You can go to pretty much any other province and the sale of alcohol is privatized and they don't have any different rates in drunk driving etc then Ontario does. Someone that wants liquor or to drink and drive will do it whether they buy it from an LCBO or from a private store. Being govt run has nothing to do with drunk driving. People will do it or not do it no matter where they get alcohol from (and more than likely most drunk driving is at night when bars close and people think they are good to drive home....so the alcohol is coming from bars in a lot of cases not a private or govt controlled store).

[@shauncameron8390]

@@pacman3556 Quebec's SAQ is also state-owned and controlled.

[@pacman3556]

​ @shauncameron8390 you can buy alcohol in any corner store in Quebec....I know I have done it before. There is no LCBOQ stores that you have to go to specifically to buy alcohol.

[@ravynskye3752]

Every time a union deprives the public of a service, it makes the case to weaken their power. You can strike yourself right out of a job.

[@user-zj9sn4nu9j]

Oh no, my beer, my wine, I can't make my fat beer belly larger. People buying like $1,000's worth of beer lol like it's the end of the world.

[@pacman3556]

First beer and wine can be purchased from other places. Second why do you care what people buy or spend their money on? Nobody cares when you spend your dildo money.

[@tamaki0x022]

Those 70% casual workers have another jobs then? I always thought lcbo workers are full time workers.

[@Chris-se3nc]

Who cares

[@sparker.24]

Honestly like wtf 😂

[@notastone4832]

get rid of the LCBO entirely.

[@KaterynaGalts-sx6xp]

Lady, no one can guarantee your future anymore. That’s the reality. I don’t know who said it but it’s absolutely true “if you are not a liberal in your youth, you have no heart and if you are not a conservative in your later years, you have no brain”. I’m 41 and boy have my views changed. I have been working since 16 and paying my taxes. I did not get a free ride and the government didn’t provide for me. You can’t rely on the government to provide for you.

[@Winzlohw]

Boo hoo protect our monopoly

[@CanadianBrewingChannel]

LCBO is upset that their jobs can not be guaranteed. I wish all government employees had to face that reality as well. I have not been guarantied a job since I entered the work force 40 years ago lol. I think Amazon should start selling and delivering alcoholic beverages to my home. I am sure there are ways with todays technology to prove age for alcohol. That would at least keep the drunks off the street when they need a fix!

[@masahirogo3330]

So many drama queens

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[@Homengineer-artist]

get ride of the LCBO completely. No one cares. lets have a dry summer for once.

[@Itemsforsaleontario]

Isn’t LCBO also forcing workers to get the jab?

[@greg2142]

Suspended with pay? What a joke. Anyone else would be behind bars. Dude won't even get a slap on the wrist. One year of desk duty and back to his shitty ways once again.

[@haroldmallette7066]

Jane& finch have a rats running every where in people's Apartments it a mess

[@NatTurnerswitBurnerz]

Oh, word?

[@pacman3556]

then tell the people in those apartments or the landlords to bring in pest control. Why should we the taxpayers pay for it?

[@mastapeace593]

WE DONT WANT LCBO. GET OVER IT

[@patternmotherlode9250]

I support workers. We have a system that puts money back into public coffers. It's unhealthy the way we need access to alcohol. The only shops that extended hours during the plague. Doug Ford exploiting his own alcoholism.

[@Abdul-nk4dy]

Ontarios crown jewel 😂

[@Tommy-zs6ro]

Could not care less

[@justinfidelcastro2861]

Fire all the lazy, overpaid useless workers. Sell the LCBO

[@ajsdiychannel4308]

No one cares. You're not essential services. Beer store and the Wine stores are open 😊

[@Itemsforsaleontario]

Geez….this “stock up” isn’t gonna go well for drinking drivers, parties etc… Good luck officers…

[@MsVictoria4ever]

LCBO should lower the prices.

[@pacman3556]

It isn't necessarily the LCBO that set the high prices. Most of the price of alcohol is taxes. The govt needs to lower taxes (but we all know that will never happen).

[@MsVictoria4ever]

@@pacman3556 It's not the employees fault but our Federal Government that is making profits from sales. Consumerism is all the Liberals care about.They don't care who is coming here as long as they purchase goods.

[@linaF5050]

convenience stores are family own. I don't know that lady talking about only big box store not true.

[@madchemist126]

I mean, sure some are but thousands of convenience stores are franchised and require you to already be a millionaire to qualify as a franchisee

[@linaF5050]

@@madchemist126 No they don't lmao 🤣 You can own one starting 100k you don't have to be a millionaire.

[@pacman3556]

@@linaF5050 100K is the initial up front investment fee. Once you factor in building a store or converting an existing space, fixtures-cash registers-shelving- fridges etc, inventory etc it costs between $2.5 and $3.5M to open a Circle K. The average person doesn't have 100K to just get their foot in the door and banks don't just hand out a couple of million to anyone walking in their door. I agree you may not need to be a millionaire to start a franchise but it isn't as easy as just walking into Circle K head office with 100K.

[@catherinefroese4628]

Once Ford gets thirsty he'll get some back to work legislature going

[@Hudsonrulez]

Sigh hello LCBO its 2024. The public has options and doesn't need you anymore. DF knows what he is doing and your not in a position of strength to negotiate. This strike will only hasten your demise. Not to mention the growing number of people who don't drink.

[@rethinker167]

right? theres more places then the lcbo to get what you want. i can see lcbo staying around but way fewer stores and niche or hard liquor products. maybe merge with the beer store

[@topsznaj3791]

EXACTLY! Moving alcohol to a privatized model has proven to work, at scale in the USA among other countries. Turning alcohol back to the open market makes sense. I've unironically NEVER had a good experience when asking LCBO workers for recommendations on wine, beer, or spirits and that sentiment seems to be shared by quite a few people. These people aren't passionate about alcohol, it's just a job to them. So while they might be educated in different areas and professions, it doesn't translate to the consumer as it should. Time to bring an end to the liquor commission.

[@jesudaniel8693]

Amen

[@scottshields250]

I'll call on Ford.. "Ford!... Shut it down!" Privatize the LCBO. It doesn't have to be public. If the government was in the wrong here the union would have stomped their feet and threatned to streike indefinitely.. instead they are trying to pander. They know they dont have the public support.

[@Ynalaw]

The strike is really going to hurt booze-shelfers more than anything. People can begin liquoring up elsewhere.

[@rethinker167]

yea the lcbo isnt the only place to buy booze. sure some specific stuff but beer store, wine shack, local places, online. id not miss much if lcbo went away

[@pacman3556]

where? sure you can get beer and wine in other places but what if someone prefers liquor? Can't get that anywhere but the LCBO which is why it should be privatized like pretty much every where else in North America.

[@imabbqurazz5251]

Jokes

[@promenadeable]

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[@pacman3556]

would isolated random showers make you happy?

[@kimle2796]

why are unskilled/undeducated workers unionized in the first place? If you want higher paying jobs, then work harder at getting a university degree so you can have better job security/wage. Get rid of the LCBO completely. Get rid of alcohol completely. There will be less domestic violence, it will save millions in healthcare from end-stage alcohol-related diseases, it will save millions for Ontarian tax-payers funding alcohol rehab programs/facilities.

[@DjWellDressedMan]

UNIONS have given all Workers the 40 hour work week, safety, benefits and dignity, grow up in 2024

[@greg2142]

This is the most uneducated comment I have seen in a long time. Congratulations on being completely out of touch.

[@notastone4832]

@@DjWellDressedMan lol public sector unions bleed this country dry of our finances

[@UzumakiNaruto_]

@@DjWellDressedMan A number of unions have outlived their purpose and now they're just squeezing the government and in turn the taxpayers dry. Every few weeks it seems like a different union's contract is ending and they're threatening to strike if they don't get significant increases in pay and benefits. Everyone just wants a piece of the pie no matter how much it hurts the taxpayers as long as they get their cut whether they deserve it or not. No one cares about the greater good.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@notastone4832 Margaret Thatcher was elected in the UK for a reason.

[@harolddixon9896]

Yesss, we need more sober people everywhere, should be banned actually, I'm against that store 😔

[@pacman3556]

yeah sure because banning alcohol worked so well during Prohibition right?

[@shauncameron8390]

@@pacman3556 Which was supported by everyone except immigrants and crime syndicates.

[@guyjeremschuk4142]

70% casual thanks to Opseu.

[@torontogrove5396]

Lcbo strike is Fords fault

[@scottshields250]

@torontogrove5396 The writing has been on the wall since Fords buck a beer in his first campaign. The LCBO should have thought about a sustainable plan a decade ago instead of spending over $100k on a new logo.