The B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) announced on Friday morning (Sept. 26) that the province and union have agreed to return to the bargaining table after almost four weeks of escalating job action.

By Friday, more than 15,000 workers from the BCGEU and the Professional Employees' Union were on strike. These core public service workers are in positions ranging from workers at B.C. Liquor stores to engineers from the Ministry of Transportation and Transit.

The BCGEU will return to the bargaining table with the government on Monday, Sept. 29.

The unions are renegotiating collective bargaining agreements that expired on March 31. The government offered a pay increase of 3.5 per cent over two years, while the unions are seeking four per cent in year one and 4.5 per cent in year two.

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