Hundreds of workers, union members and labour leaders gathered at Edmonds Park in Burnaby on Monday to mark Labour Day in the shadow of looming job action by one of B.C.’s largest public sector unions.

The B.C. General Employees Union (BCGEU) has issued strike notice, with up to 34,000 members set to start job action as early as 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.

On Monday, the Vancouver and New Westminster and District Labour Councils staged the Burnaby rally, with the theme “Workers together; unions deliver.”

Despite the province and one of its key public sector unions being at odds at the bargaining table, NDP Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside pitched a message of solidarity to the crowd.

“Labour Day is such an important opportunity for us to shine a light on the progress of working people a

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