BCGEU OFFICE RE-OPENING PLANS (Updated Sept. 21):
Ensuring the health and safety of everyone who enters our buildings is paramount to us as we continue to adapt to the challenges that COVID-19 present to us.
On July 20th, the BCGEU re-opened our offices to staff under new, enhanced safety protocols. We are now ready to start re-opening offices to members. Starting Monday, September 28, 2020, members may attend at BCGEU offices by appointment only. Members attending an appointment at a BCGEU office will be required to complete and return a declaration confirming that they have read, understood and will comply with all safety protocols while at the office.
As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change, please check back here regularly for any updates to the office re-opening and/or protocols.
BCGEU OFFICE RE-OPENING PLANS (Updated Sept. 21): Starting Monday, September 28, 2020 members may attend at BCGEU offices by appointment only. Click here to read more.
Ensuring the health and safety of everyone who enters our buildings is paramount to us as we continue to adapt to the challenges that COVID-19 present to us.
On July 20th, the BCGEU re-opened our offices to staff under new, enhanced safety protocols. We are now ready to start re-opening offices to members. Starting Monday, September 28, 2020, members may attend at BCGEU offices by appointment only. Members attending an appointment at a BCGEU office will be required to complete and return a declaration confirming that they have read, understood and will comply with all safety protocols while at the office.
As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change, please check back here regularly for any updates to the office re-opening and/or protocols.
C1 COVID-19 bulletins:
Risk Assessments:
Neil Boyd is a professor and criminologist at Simon Fraser University. He conducted these studies for the Component. Click to download PDF versions of these surveys, which examine the practices and conditions of corrections and deputy sheriffs in British Colombia, and how they affect corrections officers, deputy sheriffs, the inmates and the public.
Report Card on the Criminal Justice System #2 (March 2018)
2015 BC Corrections Count Projections
Public Services Foundation - Crisis in Correctional Services (April 2015)
United Nations: Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Throness Report: Standing Against Violence - A Safety Review of BC Corrections (2014)
Justice Denied: The Causes of B.C.’s Criminal Justice System Crisis (BCCLA 2012)
Click links below to download PDF versions of recent coroner's verdicts affecting Component 1 members.
The BCGEU is seeking essential information on why members are leaving or changing public service jobs with the B.C. Government. We believe your responses will help us better serve our membership.