B.C. Nurses Prepare for Job Action as Strike Deadline Looms
The union says 60,000 members will keep essential care running while stopping non-essential tasks to pressure employers after rejecting a 12% wage offer.
- On Thursday, July 2, 2026, members of the British Columbia Nurses' Union officially began job action across the province, following a 72-hour strike notice issued to the provincial government on Monday.
- The action follows an impasse in negotiations, as 67 per cent of voting members rejected a tentative agreement that included a 12 per cent wage increase over four years.
- Nurses are now refusing non-essential tasks, such as answering phones and cleaning, while also restricting overtime hours to put pressure on the Health Employers Association without disrupting essential patient care.
- BCNU President Adriane Gear said, "We've been there for our patients and we hope that the public will be there for us right now," urging government to return to bargaining.
- This initial phase of a broader escalation plan could expand if the government fails to address more than 4,000 vacant nursing positions and arbitrator Vince Ready's ruling capping massage therapy benefits.
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B.C. nurses begin job action following 72-hour strike notice - Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
B.C. Nurses’ Union members have officially begun job action. The union issued the 72-hour strike notice to the employer – the provincial government – on Monday, noting that job action would begin Thursday, July 2 at 12:01 p.m. The union says its now beginning targeted job action at worksites across the province. That means beginning Thursday nurses will no longer perform non-nursing duties, which the union says will allows nurses to “focus on th…
B.C. nurses begin job action, employer agrees to resume negotiations
B.C. nurses are beginning job action after their Thursday 12 p.m. strike deadline passed without movement on a new contract. But less than an hour after the strike began, the employers agreed to return to negotiations.
B.C. nurses begin job action following 72-hour strike notice - Creston Valley Advance
B.C. Nurses’ Union members have officially begun job action. The union issued the 72-hour strike notice to the employer – the provincial government – on Monday, noting that job action would begin Thursday, July 2 at 12:01 p.m. The union says its now beginning targeted job action at worksites across the province. That means beginning Thursday nurses will no longer perform non-nursing duties, which the union says will allows nurses to “focus on th…
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