Picket lines were set up Wednesday in front of all remaining British Columbia-run liquor and cannabis stores in the province as public service workers step up union job action.
The escalation by the BC General Employees’ Union also includes all Service BC workers, raising the total number of members participating in job action to almost 25,000.
Union president Paul Finch said in a statement that he regrets the impact of the pickets on local communities, and members are not taking escalation lightly, but the union is “left with no alternative” to get the province back to negotiations.
“The government has a choice: they can sit down and bargain with us—or they can continue to let this disruption escalate,” Finch said….