NEWS & UPDATES
October 21, 2016
Members at Protrans BC Operations Ltd. Re: Compass Card MOA & Shift Vacancy MOA
The Union has concluded negotiations on two Memorandum’s of Agreement (MOA’s) regarding two separate issues at Protrans. Both of these MOA’s expire with the current collective agreement and were negotiated in consultation with your members of the Joint Committee.
This creates certainty until the current agreement expires and allows the parties to negotiate solutions more thoroughly at that ti...
October 18, 2016
Oxfam Canada launches new campaign for gender equality
Oxfam Canada is launching a new campaign this week called Shortchanged.
The campaign’s goal is to shift the public debate on care responsibilities and build a movement of people who want to accelerate progress for women.
In particular, the campaign will help create awareness and mobilize Canadians around the issue of women’s inequality in work.
In the coming months, Shortchanged will challe...
October 14, 2016
Occupational Health and Safety Committee Representatives in Area 07 - BC Fede...
The “Occupational Health” course will be offered at the Okanagan area office in Kelowna on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. This course will be delivered by a facilitator from the BC Federation of Labour Health and Safety Centre.
Health hazards are not as obvious and apparent as safety hazards in the workplace and as such often don’t receive proper attention and resources co...
October 13, 2016
Nominations Open for Local Executive 1003
To: All BCGEU Local 1003 Members
Re: Nominations Open for Local Executive
The Local Chairperson has declared nominations open for the following positions on the Local 1003 Executive:
Treasurer
Recording Secretary
Member at Large
Second Vice Chair
These positions are for the remainder of a three year term ending in the Spring of 2018. Information on the duties of these positi...
October 11, 2016
Highway Maintenance Service Area Bargaining
To: BCGEU Component 10 Members - Highways
Re: Highway Maintenance Service Area Bargaining
This bulletin is meant for BCGEU members in the highway maintenance sector.
As you are aware, there is a contract reopener in all Highway Maintenance Service Area Collective Agreements. That reopener is set to take place this month (Oct 2016). However, as part of the process in preparing for t...
October 07, 2016
Local 1002 (& Local 1003 in Powell River) Worksite Visits
To: All BCGEU Members of Local 1002 (& Local 1003 in Powell River)
Re: Worksite Visits
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Local 1002 Chairperson, Danny Campbell and your Component 10 Second Vice-Chairperson, Lana Vincent, will soon be visiting a variety of Local 1002 worksites.
Sister Vincent is the Chairperson of Local 1003 that includes the geographic area from Whistler, through th...
October 07, 2016
BCGEU makes budget submission to Finance Committee
BCGEU president Stephanie Smith made a presentation to the B.C. Select Standing Committee on Finance and Governnment Services today, outlining the union’s priorities for the upcoming provincial budget.
Smith noted that it’s time to chart a different course in British Columbia and urged the government to take steps to accomplish three main objectives – quality jobs for all British Columbians; r...
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