US EditionB.C. Public Service Workers Reach Tentative Deal with Government
The agreement proposes a 3% annual wage increase for four years and improvements in telework, job protections, and health care, pending ratification by 34,000 members.
- The BCGEU announced a tentative deal with the provincial government that includes wage increases and benefits covering telework, job protections, and health care.
- Persistent complaints about wages and affordability prompted thousands of workers to walk picket lines, sustaining strike action for the past eight weeks over respect for front-line public service workers.
- The union noted continued solidarity as members of the Professional Employees' Union remain on strike and BCGEU members will respect remaining picket lines, Paul Finch, union president, said the deal is a `step toward fairness`.
- The union will recommend a membership vote that the BCGEU membership accept the tentative deal, and the agreement will be put to a membership vote in the coming days following the ratification process.
- After eight days of mediated talks, the union described the tentative agreement as making significant progress on wages, affordability and respect for front-line public service workers across the province.
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BC Public Service Union Announces Tentative Deal to End Strike After 8 Weeks
The B.C. General Employees’ Union says it will recommend that its members vote to accept a tentative deal reached with the provincial government to bring an end to strike action. The union said in a statement Sunday that the agreement must be ratified by its 34,000 members in a vote on the four-year deal, reached on the eighth day of mediated talks between the union and the provincial government. The union said the deal includes better wages and…
Striking B.C. public service workers announce tentative deal with province
The B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) has reached a tentative deal with the province, which could bring an end to a weeks-long strike that has impacted everything from liquor distribution to wildfire fighting.
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