With many businesses around Manitoba struggling due to the strike between the province and the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union (MGEU), the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) wants it to end.
CFIB Policy Analyst SeoRhin Yoo says they have been talking to small business owners all over Manitoba.
CFIB Policy Analyst SeoRhin Yoo"While we do acknowledge the right to collective bargaining, unless the parties are able to negotiate a deal immediately, two-thirds of Manitoba small business owners would support the government enacting back-to-work legislation so that businesses aren't unfairly punished by circumstances that are outside of their control," says Yoo.
According to a recent release from the CFIB, they have written a letter to Honourable Andrew Smith, Minister Responsible for the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries (MBLL) Corporation, calling on the Manitoba government to prioritize ending the strike. The CFIB also wants the province to provide relief by offering wholesale prices on alcohol to restaurants and other licenced food service ventures.
"We've had almost 40 per cent of businesses that say that they've lost sales due to the supply disruption," says Yoo. "More than a third of the businesses also indicated that they've lost revenues from the strike and 14 per cent of businesses in the hospitality industry said that they'd be forced to close in less than two weeks."
The CFIB says an additional 14 per cent would survive less than a month.
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