Premier David Eby says the government upped its wage offer for two striking public service unions this week by a half per cent.

Union leaders say this is not a "meaningful" offer.

"It is a fair offer. It's a reasonable offer," Eby said. "And we're trying hard to balance two things. One is that we hugely value the work done by the public service, and the other is that the money is not there to go further."

The B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) and the Professional Employees' Association (PEA) represent roughly 35,000 B.C. public service workers, and job action by the two unions continues to escalate after a month of strikes.

More than 15,000 workers are now off the job, ranging from B.C. Liquor store employees to transportation engineers.

Talks between the sides resumed briefly on

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