Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Justine Hunter
Publication Date: September 2, 2025 - 19:00
B.C.’s civil service union launches strike, with about 2,600 workers joining picket lines
September 2, 2025
British Columbia’s core public service union has launched strike action, hoping to force a labour-friendly but debt-swamped government to more than double its wage offer in contract talks.
A segment of the B.C. General Employees’ Union’s 34,000 public sector workers walked off the job on Tuesday, and union president Paul Finch promised to escalate job action if the provincial government doesn’t return to the bargaining table with a better offer.
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