B.C. public service staff launch picket lines in three cities after strike deadline expires | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Chuck Chiang and Wolfgang Depner
Publication Date: September 2, 2025 - 13:33

B.C. public service staff launch picket lines in three cities after strike deadline expires

September 2, 2025

The union that represents thousands of British Columbia public service workers says picket lines are going up in three cities today as industrial action begins across the province.

The BC General Employees’ Union says picket lines are being launched at multiple sites in Victoria, as well as at one location each in the Metro Vancouver municipality of Surrey and Prince George in the northern Interior.



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