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May 09, 2024
Technical Safety BC – Suite 600, 2889 E. 12th Ave, Vancouver - Call for BCGE...
Your union, the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU), is opening steward nominations at your worksite. Nominations close on May 17.Stewards are the eyes and ears of the union at the worksite and have an important role within the union. Stewards are involved in assisting union members with:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement;
Supporting co-workers in meetings...
May 08, 2024
Local 2004 Executive - Nomination Results - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
To: All BCGEU Local 2004 Members
Re: Local 2004 Executive - Nomination Results
We are pleased to announce that the following members were nominated and acclaimed to the Local 2004 Executive:
· Young Worker – Hanbin Choi
· Member at Large – Rupinderjit Sandhu
· Member at Large – Alexander Redchurch
· Member at Large – Guy Rosenfeld
Congratulations to the Executive!
In solidarity,
Rob Davis...
May 08, 2024
BC Polling shows that the housing crisis has worsened, and a majority of resi...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 8, 2024
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...
May 06, 2024
Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation - Bargaining Update – Collective Agreem...
We are pleased to announce that your collective agreement ratified by 84.6%. This means that your new collective agreement is effective as of April 1, 2024. You will receive retro pay for any wages owing. Changes to your future wage rate and retro pay will be paid in the near future, your employer will have a better idea on the exact date.The Employer and the Union will be working on proofing t...
April 26, 2024
Article 29 Committees - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
What are Article 29 Committees? Article 29 Committees are a place for our union and management to meet and discuss workplace issues on a regular basis. There is one for each ministry and they are established under your collective agreement. Known informally as "labour-management committees", Article 29 committees are important because they facilitate relationship-building during the term of yo...
April 26, 2024
Day of Mourning: Joint statement from Shannon Salter (PSA) and Stephanie Smit...
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...
April 18, 2024
Major investors with $1.7 trillion AUM demand action from Canada’s largest co...
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...
April 09, 2024
Nominations for the Local 2004 Executive - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the Local 2004 Executive:
Second Vice - Chairperson
Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Member at Large
Young Worker
The term is until January 2025. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is available from your area office.
The deadline for nominations is Monday, April 29th, 2024, 5:00pm
The BCGEU nomination form (F...
April 08, 2024
Petition to improve the safety and quality of BC’s highways - BC General Empl...
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...
April 04, 2024
Day of Mourning is April 28 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
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 ...
April 03, 2024
Joint Statement: Canada must suspend arms trade with Israel (NUPGE) - BC Gene...
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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