B.C. public-sector workers approve strike action, union gives 72-hour notice
August 29, 2025
The BC General Employees’ Union says provincial public-sector workers have voted to approve strike action.
Union president and public service bargaining committee chair Paul Finch says a 72-hour notice has been issued of potential strike action beginning 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.
Finch says there was 92.7-per-cent support for strike action, and 86.4 per cent of Public Service Agency members in the union voted.
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