Anti-privatization awareness operation at five SAQ outlets in Greater Montreal

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) launches a campaign to oppose the stealth privatization of part of SAQ, the state liquor distributor. “Union members are preparing to launch an offensive against privatization in the colors of the Inspire loyalty program. (…) According to the Québec director of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Marc Ranger, “the abolition of 190 positions at the beginning of the year and the reversal of the day before yesterday on the withdrawal of the Quebec flag in front of the branches illustrate how the threat of privatization weighs heavily on the company. ‘One feels that there is a political command.’”