Several branches of the SAQ were on Thursday, with union members holding the latest in a series of one-day walkouts.
Up to 5,500 workers took part in the strike, the tenth since the beginning of the current labour strife. The SAQ’s unionized employees have been without a collective agreement since March 31, 2017.
In September, 96 per cent of union members voted in favour of banking 18 strike dates, to be used at the discretion of the union.
The last strike days were held on Nov. 16 to 18. SAQ branches were able to remain open over that period as executives manned the stores.
The union members gathered for a march in Quebec City on Thursday, with those working in more remote areas of Quebec holding their own strike events.
Despite the strike, the following SAQ locations on the Island of Montreal remained open:
- 2100, rue Beaubien Est
- 5252, ch. de la Côte-des-Neiges, loc 112
- 401, boulevard Harwood
- 5261, avenue du Parc
- 1745-A, rue Fleury Est
- 40, boulevard Brunswick
- 2834, rue de Salaberry
- 231, rue Peel, local B-102
- 3691, boulevard Saint-Charles
- 460, 28e Avenue
- 7077, Casgrain
- 940, avenue du Mont-Royal Est
- 6108, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
- 865, rue Sainte-Catherine Est, Loc. R28Z
- 1176, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
