Overview

• Workers at the Liquor Distribution Branch head office in Burnaby and warehouses in Delta, Richmond and Kamloops walked off the job Monday.
• The strike now involves about 10,000 public service workers at roughly 36 sites, with 28 active picket lines and ongoing overtime bans.
• Union president Paul Finch says the move targets public-facing operations after the province declined to resume talks and that further escalation is planned without a new mandate.
• The province’s latest wage offer is 3.5%, which the union says trails inflation, as it also seeks contract changes on recruitment, remote work and job classification.
• Restaurant and bar representatives warn liquor supplies could tighten quickly because government-run warehouses are not shipping to stores and licensees.