Quebec Liquor Store Employees Walk Off the Job as Two-Day Strike Begins

Published on April 24, 2024

Some 5,000 Quebec liquor corporation workers have walked off the job for a planned two-day strike. Their union—Syndicat des employé(e)s de magasins et de bureaux de la SAQ—confirmed at midnight on Facebook it was launching the strike after a lack of progress at the negotiating table. It says the two strike days are the first to be used under the union’s 15-day strike mandate. The union says some 70 percent of its members are part-time or on call, and it is calling on the Société des alcools du Québec to create more full-time positions and give employees access to insurance and training....

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