Thursday October 9, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
Now over 25,000 frontline BC General Employees Union (BCGEU) workers are on strike across 475 worksites in BC including within 11 ministries and crown corporations.
BCGEU said in a news release today that this “intensifies pressure on the provincial government to return to the bargaining table with a fair and respectful offer”.
Meanwhile, British Columbians and many businesses and municipalities are now impacted in many ways as the strike continues.
The impacted ministries and crown corporations are:
- Citizens’ Services
- Forest Practices Board
- Energy and Climate Solutions
- Finance
- Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation
- Liquor Distribution Branch
- Royal B.C. Museum
- Mining and Critical Minerals
- B.C. Pension Corporation
- Infrastructure
- Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
Job action began on September 2 and has escalated since then, including a rally outside the BC Legislative Building on October 6 on the first day of the fall session of the BC Legislative Assembly.
The upcoming Thanksgiving Long weekend will provide a break for striking workers.
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