The B.C. General Employees’ Union says it will recommend that its members vote to accept a tentative deal reached with the provincial government to bring an end to strike action.
The union said in a statement Sunday that the agreement must be ratified by its 34,000 members in a vote on the four-year deal, reached on the eighth day of mediated talks between the union and the provincial government.
The union said the deal includes better wages and addresses other big ticket issues at the heart of the dispute that led to thousands of workers walking picket lines for the past eight weeks….