The B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) escalated its province-wide strike again on Friday, with more workers on the picket lines and more stores behind them.
The strike is now coming to the end of the fifth week, with no end in sight between the union and the provincial government.
Friday’s escalation saw almost 900 additional workers from 22 worksites joining the job action, 20 more B.C. liquor and cannabis stores and front-line staff from the Ministry of Environment and Parks; Children & Family Development; Energy and Climate Solutions; and Water, Land and Resource Stewardship.
“Our members are showing incredible strength and resolve,” Paul Finch, BCGEU president and chair of the public service bargaining committee, said in a statement.
“Every day this government delays, pressure on public services grows. Public service workers deserve wages that keep up with the cost of living. The government must return to the table now with a serious offer—or job action will escalate further. We are not backing down.”
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