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

The British Columbia General Employees' Union, which represents approximately 33,000 public-service workers across B.C., issued a strike notice last Friday.

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.

Striking BCGEU members have already gathered at the Jack Davis Building, which houses provincial government offices in Victoria, waving union flags while the 1982 hit song “Eye of the Tiger” plays in the background.

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