As British Columbia’s public sector strike stretches into its second week, one of the key sticking points in negotiations remains contract language around remote and hybrid work.

Currently, about 4,000 of the B.C. General Employee Union’s members work from home either full or part-time, and members are pushing for new contract language to reflect the arrangement.

“It’s very important for our membership,” said Dean Purdy, BCGEU Component 1 vice president for corrections and sheriffs.

“We’ve got a number of bargaining proposals for the bargaining committee, for us to negotiate that language. “

The remote provisions are important enough to the union that they’ve built their strike strategy around it.

Members who live within 30 kilometres of a picket site are asked to come down in pers

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