The bargaining committee representing more than 33,000 public sector workers in B.C. issued 72-hours strike notice Friday afternoon following an impasse in negotiations with the province.
The British Columbia General Employees’ Union says job action could begin as of 2:46 p.m.on Monday.
Nearly 95 per cent of union members who work directly for the provincial government — including wildfire fighters, social workers, sheriffs and correctional officers and employees in B.C. liquor and cannabis stores and warehouses — voted in favour of striking on June 22.
Stephanie Smith, BCGEU president and the chair of the union’s public service bargaining committee, said members’ top priority is wage protection amid high inflation.
