SAQ employees to hold another one-day strike [Video]

Some 5,000 unionized employees of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) are not expected to be at work on Monday as their union says negotiations continue to stall at the bargaining table.

The Syndicat des employés de magasins et de bureaux de la SAQ confirmed that its members are slated to hold their fifth strike day on Monday.

Negotiations have been underway for the last 21 months.

SAQ management did not respond in time for publication to indicate which branches will be closed or open.

During previous strikes, managers had maintained operations in some outlets, but not all.

According to the union, the employer has been asking workers to withdraw their demands since October and accept the proposals on the table, which it describes as “setbacks.”

The union says it believes that talks have reached an “impasse.”

While the normative clauses have been settled, the wage issue is still in dispute, according to the union, as is access …