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...

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 ...

Be sure you don't miss out Customer service representatives who are classified as 'casual' by the LCBO have a strong case of wage discrimination based on gender. More than 1,300 of them have given consent for  OPSEU to represent them at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Although any Tribunal decision will apply to all...

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...

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...