BCGEU expands job action to include some front-line services

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The union representing thousands of public service workers in British Columbia is ramping up job action again, this time affecting front-line services. The BCGEU represents 34,000 public service workers, ranging from wildland firefighters to social workers. Earlier this week, public service workers supporting the mining sector joined picket lines in Vancouver and Cranbrook. None of this is a barrier to paying public service workers a fair wage,” he said. Eby said Tuesday his government has reduced the public service by about 850 full-time equivalents.