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After months of fighting for better wages, guards at the Kelowna RCMP detachment have issued an official strike notice.

The guards, represented by CUPE Local 338, served their employer a 72-hour notice yesterday, putting them in a legal position to go on strike as of Dec. 14, at 4 p.m.

The 17 guards work for Commissionaires BC, which has a contract with the City of Kelowna to provide the city’s jail guards.

For more on why the union says it felt the need to strike, as well as why Commissionaires says the guards are being unreasonable, check out the full story on Castanet's sister business news website, Okanagan Edge.