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C1 - Strike notice served at all remaining provincial correctional facilities - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

Published on October 08, 2025

Our union has served 72-hour strike notice for all remaining provincial correctional facilities listed below. The notice will take effect at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 10. At which time, the overtime ban will no longer be in effect. 

Facilities affected: 

  • Alouette Correctional Centre for Women – 24800 Alouette Road, Maple Ridge, B.C. 
  • Ford Mountain Correctional Centre – 57657 Chilliwack Lake Road, Chilliwack, B.C. V4Z 1A7 
  • Fraser Regional Correctional Centre – 13777 256th Street, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 0L7 
  • Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre – 2250 W. Trans Canada Highway, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 5M9 
  • Nanaimo Correctional Centre – 3945 Biggs Road, Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 5N3 
  • North Fraser Pretrial Centre – 1451 Kingsway Avenue, Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3C 1S2 
  • Okanagan Correctional Centre – 200 Enterprise Way, Oliver, B.C. V0H 1T2 
  • Prince George Regional Correctional Centre – 795 Highway 16 East, Prince George, B.C. V2L 5J9 
  • Burnaby Youth Custody Services Centre – 7900 Fraser Park Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5J 5H1 

What this means for members: 
Beginning Friday at 4:00 p.m., managers will be deployed in accordance with the Essential Services Order for up to 60 hours per week. 

New Scheduling Protocol
As part of this next phase, we have negotiated a new Scheduling Protocol Agreement that aims at ensuring fairness, transparency, and consistency in scheduling during this job action.

Key elements of the new Scheduling Protocol include:

Management Deployment: The Essential Services Order requires that management and excluded personnel work up to 60 hours a week. All qualified management and excluded personnel will be scheduled to work up to 60 hours per week before scheduling union members. To facilitate scheduling, managers must provide their availability to schedulers at least 24 hours in advance. 

All remaining shifts, including any overtime required under the staffing levels established by the Order, will be scheduled according to normal scheduling and operational procedures. 

We will share additional updates next week as they become available.
Read last Friday's bulletin here.

In solidarity, 

Dean Purdy 
Component 1 Vice-President 
Corrections & Sheriff Services



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