VANCOUVER—Employees were back to work at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Tuesday after a strike that lasted just shy of seven days. Workers picket outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on Feb. 6. ( Alex McKeen / Star Vancouver )The gallery last offered a 4.75 per cent wage increase over three years and said it couldn’t afford more than that as a not-for-profit organization. Article Continued Below“They voted in favour, though they would have liked to see a higher percentage in wage increase,” said president Warren Williams on Tuesday. “But they understand part of the victory was holding the employer back from concessions.” The strike came after eight months of bargaining between the gallery and the union.

Source: thestar February 12, 2019 21:45 UTC