{"id":221354,"date":"2025-10-18T04:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/221354\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T04:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:03:09","slug":"bcgeu-and-province-to-enter-non-binding-mediation-in-bid-to-end-labour-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/221354\/","title":{"rendered":"BCGEU and province to enter non-binding mediation in bid to end labour dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted October 17, 2025 11:38 am<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated October 17, 2025 10:31 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/union\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">union<\/a> representing striking public service workers across British Columbia has agreed\u00a0to\u00a0enter\u00a0non-binding\u00a0mediation\u00a0with the\u00a0province\u00a0in\u00a0their\u00a0labour\u00a0dispute.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/bc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BC<\/a> General Employees\u2019 Union says\u00a0in\u00a0a release that mediators Vince Ready\u00a0and\u00a0Amanda Rogers will be facilitating the discussions\u00a0in\u00a0an attempt\u00a0to\u00a0resolve the strike that\u2019s\u00a0in\u00a0its seventh week\u00a0and\u00a0involves about 25,000 workers.<\/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\/1760146149_837_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>The B.C. Ministry of Finance has also confirmed the\u00a0mediation, saying\u00a0in\u00a0a statement that the\u00a0province\u00a0is \u201ccommitted\u00a0to\u00a0reaching a fair agreement that works for everyone\u201d without releasing further details.<\/p>\n<p>The union says\u00a0mediation\u00a0comes after a request made by the\u00a0province\u00a0yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11482994\/prince-andrew-royal-titles-duke-of-york\/\" 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\/GettyImages-1189984823.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPrince Andrew gives up royal titles, including Duke of York\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11480593\/diane-keaton-cause-of-death\/\" 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\/1760760189_699_f11629cd3136ec08c2b3f0e82b124676819bc67c12b042935c0f511eaddaed66_aa39ab.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tDiane Keaton\u2019s cause of death revealed by family\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It says picket lines set up by striking workers, including those at liquor\u00a0and\u00a0cannabis distribution\u00a0and\u00a0retail facilities as well as operations across multiple provincial ministries, agencies\u00a0and\u00a0Crown corporations, will remain\u00a0in\u00a0place while\u00a0mediation\u00a0takes place.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0mediation\u00a0is expected\u00a0to\u00a0start \u201cas soon as possible,\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0the union says any tentative deal reached\u00a0in\u00a0the process would still need\u00a0to\u00a0be presented\u00a0to\u00a0members for a vote before it can be finalized.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 17, 2025 11:38 am Updated October 17, 2025 10:31 pm 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[902,49,48,3717,44,16512],"class_list":["post-221354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-bc","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-labour","tag-news","tag-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}