CP NewsAlert: Public service workers’ pickets expand to B.C. liquor stores
BURNABY — Striking public service workers in British Columbia have expanded their picket lines to 25 Liquor Distribution Branch retail stores in the latest escalation of job action.
The B.C. General Employees’ Union says more than 600 workers at the liquor stores have walked of the job across the province in an effort to push the government back to the negotiating table.
The union says the store locations were chosen because they are a “significant source of government revenue.”
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