{"id":210827,"date":"2025-09-08T18:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/210827\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:20:15","slug":"bcgeu-escalates-job-action-with-more-pickets-set-to-go-up-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/210827\/","title":{"rendered":"BCGEU escalates job action with more pickets set to go up Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>B.C. public service workers were back on the picket line on Monday and say more picket lines will be set up on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Originally, Global News learned that the union was going to picket the\u00a0warehouses of the B.C. Liquor and Cannabis Distribution Branch on Monday; however, that job action did not happen.<\/p>\n<p>During the last strike by the B.C. General Employees\u2019 Union (BCGEU) in 2022, picket lines outside B.C. Liquor warehouses led to a brief alcohol shortage at restaurants, bars and liquor stores.<\/p>\n<p>The union says it is hoping an escalation in job action will push the province to deliver a stronger wage offer.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the union plans to picket the Surrey Pretrial Centre and several\u00a0government buildings throughout the province.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'B.C. premier comments on BCGEU strike'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757355614_335_WEB_6P_BCGEU_STRIKE_ESCALATION_SEPT_4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:54<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tB.C. premier comments on BCGEU strike\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11401527\/trump-us-open-cheers-boos-final\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CP174965920.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTrump arrives at US Open to cheers and boos, prompts security delay\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li 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strike,\u201d BCGEU president Paul Finch told Global News.<\/p>\n<p>The union is asking for a raise of 8.25 per cent over two years, while the province is offering 3.5 per cent over two years, and says so far the government hasn\u2019t returned with an improved wage offer.<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size B.C. public service workers were back on the picket 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