B.C. offers compensation increase to public service staff in effort to end strike
September 8, 2025
The British Columbia government has unveiled details of its last offer to striking public service workers, ahead of the expected expansion of job action by the B.C. General Employees’ Union.
The Finance Ministry says the government is proposing a 4.5 per cent compensation increase over two years, made up of both general wage increases and cost-of-living allowances.
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Israel’s much-celebrated Weizmann Institute marked its 90th anniversary last year, but is suddenly facing one of its greatest challenges: the Weizmann Institute of Science’s campus in Rehovot was struck by two Iranian ballistic missiles in June.
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