Prior to the last round of Master Bargaining the BCGEU Component 1 executive and B.C. Corrections formed a joint union/management committee to look at increasing the work week hours from the current 35 hours to 37.5, 40 or somewhere in between.

FOI response shows absurdity of BC Liberals’ ‘Open Government’ promise

As part of an effort to reduce it’s environmental footprint, the BC government has initiated changes to the distribution of Long Term Disability (LTD) application forms. In place of the previous practice, which automatically mailed forms to members, the employer is now making the forms available in electronic PDF form online:

Yesterday BCGEU staff representatives and members from the Component 1 executive met with Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) representatives to discuss the ongoing inspections of provincial correctional centres.

DELAYS IN PAYMENT OF BACK WAGES OWED TO GOVERNMENT WORKERS ARE UNACCEPTABLE

By now 90 per cent of direct government workers have received the wage increase and retroactive wages negotiated under the new collective agreement.

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Monday, January 7, 2013
Executive meeting – 6:15 pm
General meeting – 7:00 pm
BCGEU Fraser Valley Union Centre
8555 198A Street, Langley Twp

Component Chair Dean Purdy is quoted extensively in a current OHS Canada magazine article on violence and overcrowding in correctional centres across Canada.