Talks to resume between B.C. government and its public service union

Talks are resuming between the union representing British Columbia's public service workers and the provincial government. Paul Finch, president of the BC General Employees' Union, says the government has reached out to the union saying it has a new offer and negotiations will start again on Monday.

Finch says union pickets will remain up. The union has been conducting escalating strike action over the last four weeks, with up to 15,000 workers conducting job actions including picketing and overtime bans.

Finch told a gathering in Victoria that there has been unprecedented levels of inflation in the province, but their wages haven't kept pace.

The last set of talks between the union and its employer broke off in July.