Third day of strike for hundreds of Casino du Lac-Leamy workers

Hundreds of employees from Casino du Lac-Leamy were out picketing in Gatineau on Saturday for the third straight day.

Hundreds of employees from Casino du Lac-Leamy were out picketing in Gatineau on Saturday for the third straight day.

The strikers say their wages have remained unchanged, despite the rising cost of living and what they call extraordinary profits at Loto-Québec and its casinos over the past year.

"We really need a better salary to survive. We are looking for something close to the increased cost of living. We're just sickened. It's enough. We just want our fair share," Colin Valiquette, president of the Syndicat des travailleuses et des travailleurs de Resto-Casino de Hull, said in a French-language interview.