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The B.C. government and the B.C. General Employees Union came to an agreement on Sunday morning after eight days of talks with mediators. “The way that this dispute was handled showed that collective bargaining works and it’s a way to get the parties to work through these tough issues that they don’t necessarily, that they’re far apart on,” Barry Eidlin, a professor at McGill University,…

The union representing tens of thousands of B.C. public service workers says it has reached an agreement with the government, meaning everything from provincial ministries to BC Liquor and Cannabis stores could soon be reopened. The BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) said in a news release Sunday that the tentative agreement will now go to a vote by 34,000 members of the public service. “The…

The B.C. General Employees Union has once again escalated job action. The union says that all remaining members from the BC Wildfire Service and the B.C. Ministry of Forests have joined the two-month-old strike. More than 25,000 people across B.C. are now on the picket lines. Non-binding mediation began on Saturday between the B.C. government and the union with mediators Vince Ready and Amanda…