{"id":188769,"date":"2025-10-04T04:15:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T04:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/188769\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T04:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T04:15:17","slug":"bcgeu-escalates-strike-with-more-liquor-cannabis-stores-behind-picket-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/188769\/","title":{"rendered":"BCGEU escalates strike with more liquor, cannabis stores behind picket lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. General Employees\u2019 Union (BCGEU) escalated its province-wide strike again on Friday, with more workers on the picket lines and more stores behind them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcgeu.ca\/picket_lines_and_job_action_listings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">list of striking worksites is available at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The strike is now coming to the end of the fifth week, with no end in sight between the union and the provincial government.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s escalation saw almost 900 additional workers from 22 worksites joining the job action, 20 more B.C. liquor and cannabis stores and front-line staff from the Ministry of Environment and Parks; Children &amp; Family Development; Energy and Climate Solutions; and Water, Land and Resource Stewardship.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/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>\u201cOur members are showing incredible strength and resolve,\u201d Paul Finch, BCGEU president and chair of the public service bargaining committee, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day this government delays, pressure on public services grows. Public service workers deserve wages that keep up with the cost of living. The government must return to the table now with a serious offer\u2014or job action will escalate further. We are not backing down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Hundreds march in solidarity with BCGEU'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/web_ke_begeu_oct_1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:58<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\tHundreds march in solidarity with BCGEU\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<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11461417\/diddy-sean-combs-sentence-prostitution\/\" 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.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759551316_342_cedbeab0151797803e343a371cf3ccb0a54ffbca08ef4c132d0778e8a67dda62_768ea8.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs sentenced to 50 months in prison on prostitution charges\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11462477\/canadian-trucker-among-thousands-stuck-usa-after-border-outage\/\" 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.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759551317_183_CBSA-DELAYS-PKG-RAFAT-WEB-PIC.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Frustrating\u2019: Canadian trucker among thousands stuck in U.S. after border outage\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, hundreds of BCGEU members and other supporters marched through downtown Vancouver in a show of support.<\/p>\n<p>The union says it is prepared to keep escalating the strike after the province\u2019s increased wage offer of five per cent over two years was rejected. However, the union says the five per cent is not an increase to general wages. It bundles in market adjustments and other unrelated items, which not all members would receive.<\/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 The B.C. 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