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Just a few of my favourite signs from the BCGEU strike

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BCGEU members vote 89 per cent in favour of deal to end strike | Globalnews.ca

The union said in a statement Thursday that 79 per cent of members participated in the vote, and 89 per cent voted in favour of the deal tha

The British Columbia General Employees’ Union has voted to ratify an agreement with the provincial government, marking the “official end” to a public sector strike that lasted eight weeks. The union said in a statement Thursday that 79 per cent of members participated in the vote, and 89 per cent voted in favour of the deal that includes a 3 per cent wage increase each year for four years. Union president Paul Finch called the deal a “victory” for workers who went on strike for “eight difficult weeks” as they held out for an agreement with the province that addressed the rising cost of living, among other issues.

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It's week three of strike for the BCGEU. Here are some fun things me and my colleagues have experienced picketing outside the museum:

- Random people calling us racist and homophobic slurs

- Being charged at (twice) by a garbage truck

- Two assaults from members of the public

- Garbage thrown at us

... and last night someone let lose a can of what we think was bear spray upwind of us!

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Still on strike btw

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Don't remember if I posted this today or not. Strike day 3 done and it sounds like we are in for a long haul

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We strikin'

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End of BCGEU strike week 8 and today there was a Linkin Park/Limp Bizkit cover band performing next to an inflatable rat on the Royal BC Museum picket line

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Day 40 of the BCGEU strike