The union representing B.C. government employees has announced an immediate ban on non-emergency overtime work as an escalation of job action.
The BC General Employees’ Union represents the 33,000 B.C. government workers, who have been undertakingThe job action at the liquor distribution centres in the province will continue, in addition to the overtime ban.
“BC’s public service has been reliant on our members’ overtime for far too long and dealing with the systemic issues behind that reliance is part of what we’re trying to achieve in this round of bargaining,” Stephanie Smith, BCGEU president and chair of the union’s public service bargaining committee said in a news release.
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