LCBO stores will be closed for two weeks if workers strike

We're a little worried about it, so we're stocking up backyard barbecues, cottage getaways and other summer Hangouts. What's your favorite kind of like summer cocktail or your favorite summer drink? A Corona LCBO. Stores across the GTA are buzzing with customers as we head into the first official long weekend of the season, and many are aware that their time here could be limited. So how many bottles of wine is stocking up? Can we count? 1616? So that's eight apiece. And we'll see what happens next week. 10,000 LCBO workers are set to walk off the job if a deal is not hammered out by July 5th. If that's the case, the Crown corporation says all stores in the province will be shut down for 14 days. If a strike continues past those two weeks, only thirty of its nearly 700 stores would reopen on Friday, Saturday and Sundays for a limited number of in store shopping hours. We are not looking to have a strike for no reason. Last week, union leaders held a news conference stating the issues, which they say include wages, benefits and job security. They also say that they were blindsided by the Ford government S plan to get beer, wine and ready made cocktails into corner stores by the fall. This is a move that went forward that we never expected to happen. I'm shocked that the government went this way. A spokesperson for Ontario's Ministry of Finance says. It's disappointing that OP Sue could be heading toward an unnecessary strike that threatens people's ability to enjoy their summers. And while there is hope a deal will be reached, the ministry tells City News in a statement, we have never been more committed than we are now to delivering on our promise to deliver more choice and convenience with beer, cider, wine and ready to drink beverages inconvenience grocery and big box stores. The LCBO says if a strike does go ahead, orders from bars and restaurants will be fulfilled, home deliveries will continue and licensed retailers such as grocery stores will remain stocked with beer and wine. Shay, who's heading to the cottage for a couple of weeks, already has contingency plans of his own. Beer store, restaurant, anywhere else, right? I think the wine racks, grocery stores, anything like. So you're good. Yeah, you're fine. But, like, you know, if you want the hardcore alcohol, then it's a different story. LCBO workers have voted to strike four other times since 2005, and every time they reached a deal without walking off the job. Now, the union tells me negotiations will not be happening over the long weekend, but they will resume. On Tuesday in Etobicoke, Shanahan City News.