As the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) enters mediation with the government after a seven-week-long public service strike; many other public sector unions are simultaneously working to hash out new deals with the province.

These unions represent the province's nurses, teachers, community social service employees and more.

There are about 34,000 workers in the BCGEU's core public service bargaining unit, and the deal they secure could have implications for these other unions, affecting more than 400,000 workers.

B.C. public sector collective bargaining agreements have in the past often included "me too" clauses, which stipulate that if another union secures a better deal, that union must get the same.

This sounds like a good thing for those unions, but some union leaders say this

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