US EditionB.C. public service job action escalates with overtime ban at liquor warehouses
The BC General Employees' Union demands an 8.25% raise amid a strike involving over 6,000 workers, including an overtime ban at four liquor warehouses and pickets across the province.
- The BC General Employees' Union escalated job action on Friday by imposing an overtime ban at four Liquor Distribution Branch warehouse locations in B.C.
- This escalation follows over a week of strikes involving more than 6,000 public service workers amid stalled bargaining since July between the union and the province.
- The union has imposed a ban on overtime work at distribution centres in Delta, Richmond, Kamloops, and the Liquor Distribution Branch headquarters in Burnaby, raising concerns within the industry about potential supply interruptions.
- The union is requesting an 8.25% pay raise spread across two years, whereas the province contends the union is seeking a total compensation boost of 15.75%. BCGEU president Paul Finch emphasized that workers should not have to bear the sole burden of the ongoing affordability crisis.
- The ministry expressed its willingness to keep negotiating, highlighting that successful agreements are found through direct discussions at the bargaining table amid growing industry concerns over the dispute.
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‘Anxiety’ for restaurateurs as B.C. job action escalates to liquor warehouses
The head of a British Columbia restaurant industry association says businesses are in a state of “nervousness and anxiety” over possible liquor distribution disruptions as public service labour strife expands to several warehouses.
B.C. public service job action escalates with overtime ban at liquor warehouses (Business)
A union representing British Columbia's public service workers say it is escalating its job action by starting an overtime ban at several Liquor Distribution Branch warehouses. The BC General Employees' Union says in a statement that the overtime ban is effective today and applies to distribution ce...
'Anxiety' for restaurateurs as B.C. job action escalates to liquor warehouses
VANCOUVER — The head of a British Columbia restaurant industry association says businesses are in a state of "nervousness and anxiety" over possible liquor distribution disruptions as public service labour strife expands to several warehouses.
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