Overview

• Job action could begin at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday if no agreement is reached, following a vote with 86.4% turnout and 92.7% support for a strike.
• More than 34,000 BCGEU public service employees are covered by the notice, and about 1,800 Government Licensed Professionals represented by the PEA issued simultaneous notice.
• The union says talks with the Public Service Agency stalled over wages, remote work, and contract modernization, with demands of 4% in year one, 4.25% in year two, plus cost-of-living protection.
• Potentially affected roles include wildland firefighters, social workers, correctional officers, sheriffs, court staff, conservation officers, scientists, and administrative workers, with essential staffing to be set by the Labour Relations Board.
• The government has not unveiled a revised offer publicly, and the BCGEU criticized a separate tentative framework with the Hospital Employees’ Union as below inflation while negotiators prepare to meet again.