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BCGEU Files 72-Hour Strike Notice, Setting Tuesday Start for Job Action

A 92.7% strike mandate puts pressure on the province to improve its wage offer.

Members of the BCGEU have issued a 72-hour strike notice.

Overview

  • More than 34,000 provincial public-service workers voted, with 86.4% turnout and 92.7% supporting strike action.
  • Talks with the Public Service Agency stalled on July 18 over wages, remote work and a modernized contract, and no deal has been in place since April.
  • The union is seeking a 4% general wage increase in year one and 4.25% in year two, plus a cost-of-living adjustment.
  • The Professional Employees Association and Government Licensed Professionals said they will issue simultaneous strike notices in coordination with BCGEU.
  • Union leaders said the province indicated there would be no new offer this week; BCGEU also criticized a separate HEU framework as below inflation.