Media Advisory - LCBO workers in Ottawa and Kingston to mark UN human rights day Dec. 10 with information pickets

OTTAWA, Dec. 10, 2012 /CNW/ - LCBO employees in Ottawa and Kingston will mark the 64^th anniversary of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights by staging information pickets in the two cities calling on the Crown corporation to provide equal pay for equal work.

Article 23.2 of the UN declaration states: "Everyone, without discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work."

The LCBO, however, uses a multi-tiered wage structure that discriminates against many of its employees who do the exact same work as their colleagues but who are classified differently.

LCBO workers are represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. Their contract with the LCBO expires on Mar. 31, 2013 and the union has pledged to make equal pay for equal work a priority at the bargaining table.

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LCBO workers to demonstrate equal pay for equal work at rallies Dec. 10

Date:			Monday Dec. 10
Time:			Noon - 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. - 6 pm
Locations:			LCBO Ottawa: 222 Richmond St. Contact: Adam Ly 613-864-2134
			LCBO Kingston: 34 Barrack St. Contact: Eric Davis 613-546-3824

 

  

SOURCE: Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)

LCBO Ottawa
Contact: Adam Ly 613-864-2134

LCBO Kingston
Contact: Eric Davis 613-546-3824