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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 07, 2024
ANSPAYAXW (KISPIOX) COMMUNITY SCHOOL BARGAINING UPDATE: MEMBER MEETING CALLED...
Damkxw,
As we wrote on April 19, 2024, we are meeting with the Employer this week (May 7, 8, and 9) to start bargaining for your first collective agreement. We have a called a Zoom member meeting for Thursday, May 9 to provide an update and answer any questions.
MEMBER MEETING (ZOOM)
Thursday, May 9
5:00 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting
Please contact any member of your Bargaining Committee for the link ...
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 25, 2024
BCGEU meets with Minister, Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills - BC Ge...
Re: BCGEU meets with Minister, Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills On April 22, 2024, BCGEU president Stephanie Smith and I met with Lisa Beare, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills (PSFS). Also attending the meeting were BCGEU press secretary Danielle Marchand, BCGEU staff rep Laarni de los Reyes, and PSFS chief of staff, Eric Peters. This introductory meeting was orga...
April 19, 2024
Kispiox Community School Bargaining Dates - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Damkxw, We are pleased to announce that we will be meeting with the Employer on May 7, 8, and 9 to begin the negotiations for your first collective agreement. We do not yet have agreement on the format of our meeting – the Employer wants bargaining to take place exclusively on Zoom whereas your bargaining committee wants to meet in-person believing that will better serve the community and help ...
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 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 ...
April 03, 2024
ANSPAYAXW COMMUNITY SCHOOL BARGAINING UPDATE: APRIL 6, 2024 MEMBERS MEETING ...
Damkxw,
The now postponed April 6 members meeting and dinner was to have been held Saturday, April 6.
On behalf of the bargaining committee, we would like to again offer our deepest condolences to Patricia Hillis’ family and community.
In solidarity,Victor Denny, Bargaining Committee MemberHayley Harris, Bargaining Committee MemberHeather Raven Tuite, Bargaining Committee MemberZoe Towle, St...
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