Blogs

I’m both unhappy and glad the issue of workplace bullying has been in the news in recent weeks.

Glad the BCGEU has been given the opportunity to speak publicly about our anti-bullying efforts. But also unhappy work environments and people in them continue to face bullies on the job. Read more »

We had no idea what we were going to face when we sat down last week for our second series of master bargaining talks in Victoria. No idea we were about to be hit by news the B.C. government was cutting youth custody services in two cities AND the jobs of more than two dozen regular and auxiliary BCGEU members in Component One. Read more »

As you may know, our bargaining proposal for Sunday openings at all B.C. Government Liquor Stores attracted a lot of media attention last week. Right now, only a handful are open Sundays.

We’ve told the B.C. Government we want this to change. We believe Sunday openings are good for provincial revenue and British Columbians.
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Today (Jan 10), we’re exchanging bargaining proposals with the B.C. Government, negotiating a new collective agreement for more than 25,000 of our members who work in the public service. We’ve got dates set to bargain almost weekly with government negotiators until the end of March. Read more »

2012 will be a year unlike any other in recent history at the BCGEU.  Eighty-five percent of our members will be at the bargaining table.  

These members work in the public sector, health care, community social services, highways, post secondary education, Crown Corporations and for stand-alone employers. Read more »

With the holiday season upon us, I’d like to extend my warmest wishes to BCGEU members, staff and their families.

And, as 2011 comes to a close, I’d like to take a look back at a few of the things we accomplished this year. Read more »

It should never have come to this. But, the announcement that the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will conduct an inquiry into the murders and disappearance of Aboriginal women in Canada is welcome news. Read more »

The years have passed but the event is as shocking today as it was in 1989. Twenty-two years ago today, a gunman walked into a classroom at Montreal’s l'École Polytechnique and murdered 14 young women. He killed them because they were women. Read more »

“No more zeroes.” I said this at convention in June, and I said it this week again at the BCGEU bargaining conference, which identified key proposals for bargaining in 2012.  Read more »

I think most people know that BC’s corrections officers have a tough job, securing and housing a large inmate population that includes some of the most dangerous individuals in our society. Read more »