After a weeks-long process, the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) is set to share the results of a strike vote Friday afternoon.

The union, which represents around 34,000 public-service members, announced the vote in July after it said negotiations with the provincial government fell apart. Voting began Aug. 11.

At that time, union president Paul Finch said the impasse related to wages, work-from-home rules, and the need to modernize the contract.

Finch said BCGEU’s members were facing an affordability crisis, warning skilled workers will be lost if wages don’t keep up with inflation. In particular, he said, the province is in danger of losing wildfire firefighters, who are paid $28 an hour for dangerous work, making them “among the lowest paid employees in the entire government.”

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