There appears to be no end in sight for the longest public-service strike in B.C. history, with the head of the B.C. Government Employees’ Union threatening further escalation over the coming days, including a possible picket line at the B.C. legislature.

With the strike now in its fifth week, there is no indication the union and the government are close to returning to the table.

Negotiations on Monday, which were announced with optimism last week, instead descended into mutual recriminations. BCGEU president Paul Finch accused government negotiators of making him and his team wait for three hours, and Finance Minister Brenda Bailey said that was a mischaracterization.

Before a rally in Vancouver Wednesday attended in members of a number of unions, Finch told Postmedia that as long as

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