B.C.’s fall legislative session opened with a roar Monday, as thousands of striking B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) members and their supporters rallied on the lawn of the Legislature in Victoria.

The union says more than 10,000 people joined the rally — marking week six of the public-sector strike.

BCGEU president Paul Finch says the message is simple: to demand that the province come back to the bargaining table with a fair deal.

“We are at a point now where there’s going to be a rapid escalation of the remaining civil servants joining picket lines to demand a fair deal from the province,” Finch told 1130 NewsRadio.

He says his members are frustrated after talks collapsed again last week.

“We brought our bargaining demands straight to the government’s doorstep,” Finch said in

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