B.C. public service staff launch picket lines after strike deadline expires

 B.C. public service staff launch picket lines after strike deadline expires

The union that represents around 34,000 British Columbia public service workers says picket lines are going up in three cities Tuesday as industrial action begins across the province.

One of B.C.’s largest public sector unions and the NDP government are working to get back to the bargaining table after about 2,000 unionized government workers took to picket lines Tuesday in Victor…