The BC General Employees' Union says provincial public sector workers have voted to approve strike action.

Paul Finch, union president and public service bargaining committee chair, told a news conference on Friday that 72-hour notice of a potential strike had been issued, meaning action could begin at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.

Finch said there was 92.7 per cent support for strike action, and 86.4 per cent of Public Service Agency members in the union voted.

He said the vote represented an "overwhelming mandate for fair wages."

Members of the Professional Employees Association, who also work for the Public Service Agency, also announced they had voted in favour of taking job action and would issue simultaneous strike notice.

Melissa Moroz, executive director of the association, said it m

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