Wildfire & Forestry Workers Join Expanding BCGEU Strike

All eligible members of the B.C. Wildfire Service and the provincial Forestry Ministry have joined the ongoing B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) strike, the union confirmed on Wednesday, Oct. 22. This escalation brings more than 25,000 public-sector employees across over 550 worksites into job action province-wide. Despite the strike, the Forestry Ministry says wildfire response remains unaffected, with essential services in place. Mediation between the BCGEU and the province began Oct. 18 under mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers, as the labour dispute enters its eighth week.