Overview

• More than 17,000 public service workers are now taking job action provincewide, according to the union.
• Friday’s expansion added nearly 900 workers from 22 worksites, including front-line staff in several ministries.
• Pickets now cover additional provincial liquor and cannabis retail locations, with 20 stores added in the latest round.
• Talks that resumed Monday quickly collapsed, with the union calling the revised 5 percent over two years offer largely unchanged and the government citing fiscal constraints.
• The union says members will be outside the legislature as the fall session opens and warns job action will intensify without a fair wage proposal.