US EditionB.C. public service workers to rally in Vancouver after contract talks break down
About 16,000 public sector workers joined a downtown Vancouver rally to protest stalled contract talks over wage increases during the fifth week of strike action.
- On Wednesday, thousands of striking public sector workers will rally in downtown Vancouver, joined by members of other unions marching from the Vancouver Art Gallery to the Vancouver Convention Centre.
- After a brief resumption of talks on Monday, negotiators failed to reach agreement as the BC General Employees' Union, representing 34,000 workers, sought 8.25% wage increases over two years while the B.C. government offered five per cent.
- About 15,000 BCGEU members are engaged in job action, including more than 14,000 on strike at 166 sites with 79 picket lines and 82 provincial liquor stores.
- Pickets persist at about one-third of provincial liquor stores and distribution warehouses, while David Eby, Premier of British Columbia, and Brenda Bailey, B.C. Finance Minister, cite fiscal constraints and offer a five-per-cent increase with no timeline for talks.
- Finch warned `If they don't want to come to the bargaining table, we're going to bring the bargaining table to the legislature` as the B.C. legislature resumes Oct. 6 and the union plans to escalate after rejecting the province's five-per-cent offer.
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Unions converge in Vancouver in push for B.C. public service contract
Unions converge in downtown Vancouver in push for B.C. public service contract
The union representing British Columbia’s public service workers says it expects to see thousands of people in downtown Vancouver today in a show of solidarity over its contract dispute with the provincial government.
Unions to meet in downtown Vancouver in push for BC public service contract
The union representing British Columbia's public service workers says it expects to see thousands of people in downtown Vancouver today in a show of solidarity over its contract dispute with the provincial government.
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Unions to converge in downtown Vancouver in push for B.C. public service contract
VANCOUVER — The union representing British Columbia's public service workers says it expects to see thousands of people in downtown Vancouver today in a show of solidarity over its contract dispute with the provincial government.
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