LCBO stores closed as Ontario-wide strike begins
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- In Ontario, it's going to be a lot harder to buy alcohol in the province over the next couple of weeks.
Thousands of workers with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario ( LCBO) went on strike Friday.
The issue at the centre of the job action? Premier Doug Ford's ambitious plans to make alcohol more accessible throughout Ontario.
This is a goal employees say could put their jobs under threat. Mackenzie Gray explains.
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The LCBO does not control tobacco, cannabis, etc, so shut the LCBO down and let retailers get a license to sell.
The highest paid retail workers, that get benefits and pension want more..... Can't wait for privatization.
Let’s nationalize banks, telecoms and oil industry so that Canada can have 5% GDP like other industrialized countries.
Yet interestingly, 70% of LCBO workers are part-timers.
Lmao it’s time for the LCBO to go. Put the Liqour in grocery stores, corner stores and independent stores. A Liqour store closed early and on holidays is dumb. It’s been dumb.
This is one thing I wouldn’t mind being privately owned
Bye bye unions
It's not the best time to strike . People are already pissed off with the way the economy is going . The government can collect the same amount of taxes without the expense of staff benefits and building costs . These people think Canadians are stupid .
It seems like you are.
@@zachweyrauch2988 🤣🤣🤣
Shut the lcbo down
They would collect more tax from the workers, businesses tend to write off more than individuals. Also more jobs is better for the economy, if they lose their job they can’t come spend at your workplace.
Ontario getting on track.
All the alcoholics and partiers will be following this story minute by minute😂
Get rid of lcbo, useless.
you are cashiers period.
so true, but in their minds, quite different...
so? they deserve a good quality of life, capitalism is at its end with how money is defining human life
So? Blah blH blah not in reality blah blah give them everything they want and more blah blah
Sounds like you hate workers. LCBO prices are the same as Beer Store and private stores in Quebec.
@@mayjailersirens
No they don't. They can earn it like everyone else.
With no alcohol, everything would be better!
They are a monopoly and do over $2.5 billion in sales annually. They say they give back to Ontario but I haven't seen a single thing they have contributed to the hard working Ontarians. They need to go.
$2.5 billion in profits that go right to Ontario coffers.
they can't even buy proper products as their selection for these 2 years are just pretty awful.
They could take their skills to work in a 711 if they aren’t happy with their current wage, benefits and pension
If they want a better salary they should find a better job.
maybe Conglomerates should stop exploiting the working class by meddling with governance, with a rising price of living the minimum wage and any wage for that matter is not matching/meeting the needs of the average citizen how hard is that to understand
@@mayjailersirens, you seem from the liberal party. Those jobs are easy and can be performed by students. It's ridiculous that some people pretend to live from this all their lives.
They're basically clerks , not skilled professionals.
Can em .
End the monopoly.
Where is the skill ceiling for people who dont deserve adequate pay?
@@zachweyrauch2988
If those people want adequate pay, tell them to get some adequate qualifications.
@@shauncameron8390 you didn't even get close to answering my question. The thing you did was try to change the subject because you're afraid of thinking for yourself.
go somewhere else
This is a miracle for those who struggle with hard alcohol consumption.
Keep them closed 🤣. The unions are going to want their union dues sooner or later.
I’m confused, this 2.5 billion, is it profit or just sales? There is a big difference. Who buys the alcohol for lcbo stores? Who pays the lcbo workers? LCBO is not exactly a pillar of the community or a charity last time I checked. 😅
The LCBO has such enormous purchasing power(once the largest in the world), yet alcohol costs more here than anywhere in North America. It makes no sense to me, as I don't work for the government.
This strike should have been announced a few days before starting.
At the last minute, the total lack of information from the media is bad, very bad.
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Cette grève aurait dû être annoncée quelques jours avant son début.
À la dernière minute, l'absence totale de renseignements de la part des médias,
c'est mauvais, très mauvais .
1. this model is terrible for consumers, treat ontarians like adults and allow them access to alcohol when and where they want, 2. if we are that reliant on LCBO for provincial revenues we have a bigger fucken problem, i think we can afford to dissolve the lcbo
The strike is just going to force people to go to supermarkets and once they leave they will never come back. I will never understand why hard liquor must be sold by government owned stores in the first place. Here in Florida, I can get alcohol everywhere. And the liquor store most of the time is right next to the supermarket or a beer barn. I can buy all the alcohol I need without driving around from place to place. Hell, some places even have a drive thru as well.
Ontario treats its citizens as children. They want us to beleive it would make us all unsafe if people were allowed freedom of choice.
10 out of 12 Provinces sell beer and wine in stores, and half of them are privatized, time to make the move Ontario.
Co tributed to MRIs? They took up a collection to help pay for one. They didn't buy one. It's a scam. Get rid of it. Cut paper bags?? Are you kidding me?
Lol no need to go to other provinces us is closer have cheaper alkohol 😂
The LCBO has made Ontarians think thr world will collapse if we privatize alcohol. I've been to too many places to know that won't happen. I also know the prices will drop. This is ridiculous.
LGBGT stay open
It's not the Union's job (OPSEU) to tell the management i.e. LCBO owners, how they are to run their business.
Sadly, these union members are an analog watch in a digital world. They are trying to roll back the clock to a point in time when only the LCBO had the monopoly on alcohol distribution and sales, and their members would have 100% job security.
If the province decides that they can collect the same amount of revenues without actually running the retail operations directly i.e. privatization, these employees should start retraining for a different line of work. The current wages, benefits and pay they are getting would never be paid by any private sector business for such a low and unskilled job.
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I heard the government, Ontario, will actually make less money going private and that means less money for our hospitals, schools, roads, etc. The Ford government actually put it in their report on the whole thing, it's something like $200-225 million a year lost by going private. Which means much less for Ontario infrastructure. But I guess time will tell.
@@katherinelangford981ya....isn't it weird that so many people think the government making less money will somehow make society better?
Just a heads up: despite what it says online most grocers store DO NOT sell alcohol. I’ve been/called at least 3 Metros this afternoon and NONE sell any. They told me to try stores on the other side of the city, like hell I’m doing that.
any luck?
@@FlashMinecraftDC looks like some Loblaws are in stock, but the Beer Store is probably your best bet.
LCBO is the 2nd biggest buyer in the world but what they brought in were pretty garbage. For instance, 2019 Burgundy, a great vintage but only saw 1 selection. 2006 Sauternes, tried 2 different producers and they all past peak. Sweet wines? even Calgary has better selection than LCBO. Now they want the profits from ready to go products? LCBO needs to accept market competition and what other countries are doing. Not only that, Niagara Winery can't export the good stuff all thanks to LCBO. Because of that, it became a laughing stock. LCBO needs a major restructuring from top to bottom in all operations. This strike isn't so convincing at all. However it creates an opportunity for small breweries and wineries to fill in the void.
Just ask - I toured Napa - came back asked the ordering manage to consider my tastes - he ordered a few cases - and told me it was so popular he couldn’t keep it on the shelf. Continued to stock the product line for all the years I lived there.
@@Jenesaisquoi44 Sigh... unfortunately the price of burgundy ( for instance) has gone up so much that it makes Bordeaux look so cheap. I remember years ago my boss ordered some whisky from Scotland ( I know it's called Scotch but it wasn't bottled there and I don't know the full reason), it had to come through LCBO and he was charged around 3x more.
@@Adrian802 do a Napa weekend - sounds like you’ll really appreciate it. I did a drive up and down and then the dinner train 🚂 fyi - ya had to book the train dinner - months in advance. Idk 🤷♀️ about today but it’s well worth it. You’ll really gather a sense of what you love and hopefully it’s not too aged and expensive lol 😝 Now I find those bottles all over the US and grab them when I see a 98 Napa for $7.00. Crazy cheap.
Strikes in summer 🏝️.!! Crazy.!!
In British Columbia, the competition between public-owned and private liquor stores is indeed unique. The public-owned stores, operated by the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch (BCLDB), often benefit from government subsidies, which can allow them to offer lower prices compared to private stores. This has sparked debates about fairness and market dynamics. From a progressive perspective, public ownership can ensure that profits are reinvested into public services rather than private pockets. It also allows for better regulation and control over alcohol sales, potentially leading to more responsible consumption practices. However, it's essential to strike a balance that supports small businesses and prevents market monopolies. What are your thoughts on the balance between public benefit and fair competition in this context?
Get rid of SAQ in Quebec.
LCBO can carry or procure high-end alcohol labels to differentiate against new competition. Numbers of alcohol drinkers are declining year over year from different age groups.
LGBGQT stores are open
stay home.
like.all.other provinces
😀soon will have a black market cheaper alcohol
Dam no stealing by bums
Bifrost mesquite Michi with sav and boulique!
Learn to code
Shut done LCBO store.Human people happy with out alkohol and drog.
(meme) oh noes!...anyway
haaaaa
I don't care about this but I Don't Trust Ford
No body wants wine and Beer
slow down...