BC Government and Service Employees' Union

BC GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES' UNION is the largest public-sector union in the province with 60,000 members. It was founded as the BC Government Employees' Assoc in 1968 in response to a rapid expansion in government services and in the number of people working in the public sector. Until 1985 it was led by Norman Richards, the founding president. In 1973 the union won full collective bargaining rights for government employees. With more than 550 bargaining units, the union represents...

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