Tag: BCGEU

One of British Columbia’s largest public-sector unions is calling on the province to allow more remote work as fuel prices remain high.

Dairy milk testers serving 175 herds across British Columbia are on strike.  The B.C. General Employees Union (BCGEU) said Friday the nine testers, known as dairy production technicians, began job action on Nov. 25. The union said the workers served a 72-hour strike notice on Nov. 21 after 20 months of bargaining with employer Lactanet.  […] The post B.C. milk testers strike over mileage pay appeared first on AM 1150.

The B.C. General Employees Union said Thursday its members in the public service have voted in favour of ratifying the tentative agreement reached with the province.

More than 10,000 public service workers and their supporters gathered outside the British Columbia legislature today as a strike by the B.C. General Employees Union (BCGEU) enters its sixth week.

The fall session of the B.C. legislature began Monday with a rare lineup of four political parties represented in the chamber.

The head of the B.C. General Employees Union says job action will escalate to more front-line services after the latest round of talks with the province broke down this week. 

The union representing thousands of striking public service workers in B.C. said it will return to the bargaining table with the Public Service Agency on Monday.

The union representing roughly 34,000 public service workers in British Columbia said it is ramping up job action at liquor and cannabis warehouses as a strike enters its fourth week.