The British Columbia government and the union representing its striking public service workers announced Friday they would go into non-binding arbitration to try to find a solution to the seven-week strike.

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Here are five things to know about the strike:

Who are the players?

About 25,000 members of the B.C. General Employees’ Union are conducting strike action at more than 470 picket lines across the province.

The bargaining group represents 34,000 people, with most of those remaining on the job considered essential services.

On Friday, the BCGEU and the government agreed to bring in mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers. Ready has arbitrated and or mediated over 7,000 labour and commercial

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