mintjellie wrote:SteelbackGuy wrote:toweringpine wrote:Let them strike and let them strike for a long time. Maybe that will give the public push needed to be done with the LCBO and open up the system.
If we do strike, it wont be for very long.
I won`t be too upset. I could use a week off.
I wouldn't expect the strike to last long either. I expect the government to cave.
Out of curiousity, what do you think will happen?
Years of experience leads me to believe a few things. The first of which is the biggest problem in my opinion. Media spin and end of days propaganda, which in turn leads to panic, and results in record daily profits for this organization.
The notion that everyone has to get out there and `stock up` is complete nonsense. Even if there is a strike, managers, dms, and other HR people will be working at select stores serving the public just as CSRs are doing now. So the idea that one is not able to access their alcohol is plain silly.
The negotiations will fail. A strike will be approved, and it will come down to the wire, as it always does.
The LCBO is a management-top-heavy organization with probably a hundred or so archaic and obsolete management positions. These types give themselves bonuses and find ways of keeping themselves in a job. They do it by cutting store budgets and by trying to cut positions at lower levels. They will not take pay cuts, or stop giving themselves bonuses......
The Union, fairly enough, opposes this sort of thing and will not budge give that the gravy train at corporate LCBO is ohh soo good. So the suits will protect their jobs and all of their executive titles and positions, and the union will fight like hell not to take concessions so that the suits can stay rich.
I can tell you that I think it will be like every other strike. Down to the wire, with the public mislead and forced to go last munite shopping that the LCBO makes record daily profits YET AGAIN!
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