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Community Social Services - 2012 Bargaining Update

16 Jan '12

BCGEU community-based social service workers are returning to the bargaining table in 2012. Your current collective agreement expires on March 31, 2012.

The BCGEU community social services bargaining committee was elected at the union’s bargaining conference held last December. Your bargaining committee members for the three sectors (Community Living, General Services and Aboriginal Services) are listed below, for your reference.

The bargaining committee is looking at bargaining to start around the end of February, but the exact dates have not been confirmed yet.

Meanwhile, the BCGEU bargaining committee is meeting early this week to discuss bargaining strategy.

All the unions in the sector will meet later this week for discussions. The BCGEU is the largest union in the community social services sector, representing about two-thirds of workers. CUPE, HEU, HSA are the next largest followed by CLAC, UFCW, USW, CSWU and BCNU.

There are 220 employers in community social services divided in three sectors: Community Living, General Services and Aboriginal Services.

The Community Social Services Employers’ Association represents all the employers in the sector.

BCGEU bargaining committee members

James Cavalluzzo - Component 3 Chair - Community Living

Patsy Harmston - Component 3 Vice-Chair - General Services

Chris Mikulasik- Local 311 - Community Living

Andrea Duncan - Local 303 - General Services

Kari Bepple - Local 305 - General Services

Pamela Pye - Local 303 - Community Living

Cam Gerard - Local 304 - Community Living

Gale Engstrom - Local 306 - Community Living

Maggie Fiddler - Local 303 - Aboriginal Services