BC Liquor Store workers are on the picket line Thursday as the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) job action continues to escalate.

The BCGEU strike has brought liquor and cannabis distribution workers into the fold this week. On Sept. 25, workers at an additional 37 BC Liquor Stores across the province walked off the job.

In the Okanagan, this includes the Vernon store at the Village Green Shopping Centre, the Summerland store on Main Street, the store in Penticton Plaza, and a Kelowna store on Lakeshore Road.

A total of 65 BC Liquor Stores are now engaged in the job action.

Thursday morning, about two dozen public service workers were striking in front of the closed Vernon BC Liquor Store, waving bright yellow BCGEU flags and carrying signs announcing the job action to mall patron

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