On Thursday evening, Colleen MacLeod, chair of the team bargaining on behalf of government liquor-store employees, declared the summer of 2024 utterly ruined.

“Tonight, (Premier Doug) Ford’s dry summer begins,” said MacLeod, of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU, hours before<a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot; the first ever strike in the Liquor Control Board of Ontario\u2019s (LCBO) history became official&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/lcbo-historic-ontario-strike&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/lcbo-historic-ontario-strike"> the first ever strike in the Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s (LCBO) history became official</a>.

Government liquor stores going on strike is, at worst, a minor pain in the rear end{ai:summary}<p>Colleen MacLeod declared summer of 2024 ruined as liquor-store employees went on strike. Premier Doug Ford's dry summer began with LCBO strike. #economy</p>

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