LCBO strike will continue until Ford government signs return-to-work protocol: union [Video]

A tentative deal reached Friday between the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) and the union representing its employees hangs in the balance as the two sides can’t agree on the terms of a return-to-work protocol.

The LCBO accused the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) of introducing “significant new monetary demands” in the back-to-work protocol it submitted, something the union has disputed. The Crown corporation indicated that it would file an unfair labour practice.

“To introduce a new set of demands after reaching a tentative agreement amounts to bad faith bargaining,” the LCBO said.

OPSEU President JP Hornick argued the document did not contain any new monetary demands beyond “standard language” that calls for members to be “made whole” for the days that they were not paid due to the strike.

On Friday evening, the LCBO said it had submitted an updated protocol with OPSEU that “focuses on returning …