Component 17 includes members in a variety of sectors in B.C.
They are employed by casinos, hotels, banks, credit unions, B.C. Place, B.C. Housing Management, some Royal Canadian Legion operations, B.C. Milk Marketing Board, Compass Foods, regional districts plus private businesses.
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BC Polling shows that the housing crisis has worsened, and a majority of residents confirm that all levels of government need to enact further measures to fix it
Support for regulation and public investment in housing remains strong
BURNABY – An updated Research Co. poll shows that as the housing crisis worsened over the last two years, support for progressive...
We are now in full preparation for the upcoming round of collective bargaining as the collective agreement with your employer expired March 2024. The Union will need your help and your complete participation in the preparation for the bargaining process. The first step is to elect a Union Bargaining Committee which will negotiate the new collective agreement with the Employer's Bargaining Commi...
After an overwhelming number of you cast your strike ballots, the results from our vote are in! 100% of Maintenance voted YES 96.6% of Admin voted YES Next Steps This week, we have bargaining meetings scheduled with the employer to discuss the Admin collective agreement, and next week we are discussing the Maintenance agreement. Thanks to you, we are going into these meetings with good le...
This message was distributed to all employees of the BC Public Service Agency, including those who are BCGEU members.
Every year on April 28, we recognize the National Day of Mourning to remember those who have been injured, become ill or have tragically died in workplace incidents. Not only is this day an important opportunity to honour these individuals, it's also a means of reinforcing the c...
Nominations are now open for 10 (ten) steward positions at Vancity – Member Service Centre (MSC) (6 positions) and Visa Centre (4 positions) and will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, May 23, 2024. Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union. Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement...
Nominations are now open for 1 (one) steward position at Vancity – Branch 52 and will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, May 23, 2024.Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening t...
STRIKE VOTE – NOTICE OF POLL A strike vote will be conducted for the employees of the BC Housing Management Commission (the "Employer") in the bargaining units composed of:Administrative / Clerical Division and Maintenance / Service DivisionThe vote will be conducted online, i.e. via the internet, through an independent third-party voting company contracted by the BCGEU. An electronic ballot wi...
Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to report that the BCGEU and River Rock Casino have settled on a Memorandum of Agreement to include all members working in the Food & Beverage & Theatre in the main River Rock collective agreement.A copy of the River Rock collective agreement can be found HERE.A copy of the River Rock Food & Beverage & Theatre MOA can be found HERE.Placement ...
Friends, Many of you are asking about bargaining for the renewal of the Thompson Interior Savings collective agreement. Please accept our apologies for the tardiness of this update; there has been a lot happening in the background that we had been unable to disclose until now. On a go forward basis, you have our commitment for regular updates. As you may be aware, the BCGEU has two separa...
Three weeks ago, we updated you on our ongoing efforts to secure a full response from the Employer on our outstanding proposals. Since then, your collective actions have notably intensified the pressure. A delegation of BC Housing workers, representing us all, successfully delivered a letter signed by 551 of our colleagues to CEO Vincent Tong, urging him to spearhead necessary changes.
Furtherm...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 18, 2024
Major investors with $1.7 trillion AUM demand action from Canada's largest companies on shareholder rights
(Burnaby, British Columbia) An international coalition of institutional investors and service providers, representing over $1.7 trillion CAD in assets under management and advisory, have signed on to an investor statement calling on Canada's largest co...
Nominations are now open for 2 (two) steward position at Vancity – Branch 28 and will close at 4:30pm on Monday, April 29, 2024.Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to ...
On April 5, your bargaining committee met to review your surveys and to start drafting proposals based on what is important to you. The committee will meet again in a couple of weeks to finalize our proposals ahead of meeting with the employer. If you have not yet submitted your bargaining questionnaire, please complete the attached form and return it directly to a member of your committee or s...
BCGEU,Will you sign this petition calling on the provincial government to make changes to B.C.'s highways maintenance program that will improve the quality and safety of our highways? For decades, highways workers maintained the roads as direct provincial government employees. Then in 1987, sweeping changes were made to restructure government and privatize many public services – this included a...
Every year, on April 28, BCGEU members across the province come together to honour and remember co-workers and family members who were injured, made sick or killed because of something that happened at work. It is critical that we all remember those workers and reiterate our commitment to fight for the living to prevent further tragedies. Here are a few ways you can acknowledge Day of Mourning ...
In the wake of recent civilian deaths, today the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) -- our national union -- joined with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) to call on the Canadian government to suspend the trade of arms and military equipment with Israel. Click here to ...
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