News Release

Community Social Service strike in Terrace today, Kootenays this week

6 Nov '12

Caring professionals at agencies that support children and adults with developmental disabilities and provide numerous other community services will be on strike this week in Terrace and the Kootenays. Their message to the B.C. Liberal government: stop putting vulnerable families last!

The following community agencies will be on strike and behind picket lines this week: Read more »

Community Social Services

Strike Action at BCIT main campus

5 Nov '12

BCIT support staff are striking tomorrow, Tuesday November 6 at 8am to 5pm.

The buildings being struck are SW1, SW2, SW3, and SW9.

Pickets will be along the west side of all four buildings and the north side of SW1.

Regardless of the location of the pickets, these four building are completely struck. Read more »

Post Secondary Education

Hospital, long-term care and emergency health services workers vote 96 per cent in favour of strike action

3 Nov '12

Health care workers have delivered a strong strike mandate to back their representatives in collective bargaining with B.C.'s health employers.

Members of the 11-union Facilities Bargaining Association voted 96 per cent in favour of strike action during two weeks of balloting which wrapped up late Friday. Read more »

Health - Facilities

BCGEU Victoria Regional Conference

1 Nov '12

The B.C. Government andService Employees’ Union (BCGEU) held its third regional conference in Victoria last week, with approximately 135 BCGEU delegates in attendance. The conference was kicked off with an opening speech by BCGEU President Darryl Walker, followed by a keynote speech by Murray Rankin, the newly nominated federal NDP candidate for the upcoming Victoria by-election. Read more »

1 attachment

Caring professionals from three agencies striking in Tri-Cities on November 1

31 Oct '12

Caring professionals from three agencies that support children and adults with developmental disabilities and provide numerous other community services will be on strike tomorrow in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam. Striking workers will be protesting outside B.C. MLA Douglas Horne’s office at 130 Brew Street, Port Moody on Thursday, November 1 from 10:30am to 1pm. Read more »

Community Social Services

UPDATE: Major safety inspections started this week

31 Oct '12

After several meetings between BCGEU representatives, members from the Component 1 executive and senior Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) representatives, major inspections into violence have started. At these meetings we called for the WCB to take meaningful steps to address the ongoing incidents of violence against Correctional Officers in provincial facilities. Read more »

Craig MacKay - Thanks to your hard work we stopped the LDB sell-off

31 Oct '12

On September 28th the Liberal government announced a tentative agreement with the BCGEU which included the Liberal government withdrawing its request for proposals on the sell-off of the LDB Distribution Centres in Vancouver, Kamloops, and Victoria. Read more »

Stop putting vulnerable families last: striking community social service workers targeting B.C. Liberal convention

25 Oct '12

Over 100 striking community social service workers are heading to the B.C. Liberal convention in Whistler Friday morning, with a clear message to the government: stop putting vulnerable families last! Read more »

BCGEU’s regional conference kicks off in Victoria tonight

25 Oct '12

Federal NDP by-election candidate Murray Rankin keynote speaker

The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) is holding a regionalconference in Victoria this week. The conference will be kicked off tonightwith an opening speech by BCGEU President Darryl Walker. Read more »

May is Childcare month

19 Oct '12

The BCGEU is proud to be partners with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. working towards building a quality, non-profit, universal and accessible child care system in British Columbia.

May is Childcare month

The BCGEU is proud to celebrate May is child care month with the launch of a series of short animations. Read more »