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BCGEU tentative three-year agreement reached

Seven months of failed bargaining and a two-week strike needed to reach this point
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The new B.C. liquor distribution branch on 72 Street in Delta. (Google Maps screenshot)

In an announcement last Wednesday, the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) said a tentative three-year agreement has been reached with the B.C. Public Service Agency (PSA).

The agreement, yet to be ratified by workers, is retroactive to April 1, 2022, and ends March 31, 2025.

It took over seven months of failed bargaining and a two-week strike to bring both sides to the table and work out a deal over a nine-day period.

“Bargaining

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Fiona Grisswell

About the Author: Fiona Grisswell

I graduated from the Writing and New Media Program at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George in 2004.
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