Quebec Liquor Store Employees Walk Off the Job as Two-Day Strike Begins

Quebec Liquor Store Employees Walk Off the Job as Two-Day Strike Begins
Striking SAQ, Quebec's liquor board, employees, take part in a rally in Montreal on April 24, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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Some 5,000 Quebec liquor corporation workers have walked off the job for a planned two-day strike.

Their union—Syndicat des employé(e)s de magasins et de bureaux de la SAQ—confirmed at midnight on Facebook it was launching the strike after a lack of progress at the negotiating table.