Human Rights Complaint

Many OPSEU members have had questions about the November 7 announcement that the union and the LCBO had settled a 2013 human rights complaint related to the wages of LCBO Customer Service Representatives. The information below answers the most common questions about the settlement. Background On November 1, 2016, negotiators for the Ontario Public Service Employees...

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) moments ago filed a legal claim against the LCBO and the Ontario government for wage discrimination against female employees at the Crown-owned corporation. OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas delivered the Application to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. The LCBO has deliberately created a core workforce of mainly...

Human Rights claim will proceed OPSEU will proceed with its wage discrimination claim against the LCBO and has asked all casual customer service representatives to sign on. "There is no downside to us proceeding with this complaint," OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas told an LBED tele-town hall meeting this morning. Thomas has written a letter ...