38 h. ago B.C. public service job action escalates with overtime ban at liquor warehouses

The union says the escalation expands the number of public service workers engaged in job action in B.C. to more than 6,000.

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38 h. ago ’Anxiety’ for restaurateurs as B.C. job action escalates to liquor warehouses

Ian Tostenson says concern is at “eight-plus” out of 10, with the prospect of further job action in government-run liquor distribution looming.

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53 h. ago BCGEU strike: Deal reached with union to classify meat inspectors as essential

Agriculture and Food Minister Lana Popham said that she’s pleased a deal has been reached with the B.C. General Employees’ Union

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9 d. ago BCGEU strike: Union escalates B.C. public service job action

Picket lines have expanded to include nearly 90 workers at the Ministry of Finance in downtown Vancouver. Workers in Victoria, Surrey and Prince George walked off the job earlier this week.

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9 d. ago BCGEU strike Day 3: Union escalates job action with expanded picket lines

The BC General Employee's Union is escalating job action on Thursday as it enters the third day of strike action across the province.

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1 week ago As BCGEU strike drags on, teachers’ union negotiations simmer in background

The B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF) has been bargaining with the province since the spring, and has been without a contract since the end of June.

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1 week ago BCGEU strike Day 2: Union says job action will escalate if necessary

BCGEU president Paul Finch says job action will escalate if the BC Public Service Agency does not come back with a higher wage offer.

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1 week ago Strike fears hit B.C. cannabis industry, with 2022 disruption still fresh in mind

Job action hasn't affected liquor and cannabis distribution so far but the industry still has fresh memories of a 2022 BCGEU strike that shut down distribution warehouses.

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1 week ago On strike: B.C. public workers start job action in Surrey, Victoria and Prince George

Picket lines are going up at government offices in Surrey, Victoria and Prince George

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1 week ago B.C. marks Labour Day as BCGEU prepares for Tuesday strike action

The B.C. General Employees Union (BCGEU) has issued strike notice, with up to 34,000 members set to start job action as early as 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Alberta parents prepare for potential job action by province’s teachers

As students get ready to go back to class this fall, their parents are busy preparing alternate learning plans in case teachers go on strike in October.

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4 w. ago CUPE: Former Air Canada Counsel to Decide Whether to End CUPE

TORONTO — In an almost unthinkable display of conflict-of-interest, a former Air Canada legal counsel, Maryse Tremblay, will rule on whether to end job action by striking Air Canada flight attendants at the Canada Industrial Relations Board. CUPE requested Tremblay recuse herself from chairing the proceedings. Despite CUPE’s request, Tremblay will hear the case. Tremblay, […]

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