B.C. nurses expand strike to Vancouver Island as bargaining stalls

Picket lines expanded to Vancouver Island on July 12 as the British Columbia Nurses’ Union (BCNU) intensified job action after bargaining with health employers reached another impasse.
Union members began picketing outside Victoria General Hospital early Sunday morning, with additional job action planned at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital.
In an address to a large crowd of nurses waving flags and ringing bells outside the hospital, union president Adriane Gear