NEWS & UPDATES
March 17, 2016
Urgent Action - Honduran activist assassination
Berta Cáceres, a prominent environmental activist, was assassinated in Honduras on March 3, and a witness to the assassination is being held against his will. We need people to urge both Canadian & Honduran authorities to take action and conduct a full investigation. Full details and letters to sign can be found on the CoDevelopment Canada website by clicking here.
UPDATE: There has been ...
March 16, 2016
Have you taken your Occupational Health and Safety training?
Are you an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) worker representative for your workplace?
If the answer is “yes”, your employer is required by law to pay for at least eight hours of annual OHS education for you (Workers Compensation Act). If you are unable to take the training yourself, you have the right to assign your eight-hour annual allotment to another worker representative.
Your co...
March 14, 2016
Change to OHS course dates
Labour Code OHS Scheduled Courses
March - December - 2016
Courses
Location
Day 1
Course Type
Course Name
City
Venue
Mar 17/16
Labour Code
Incident Investigations
Victoria
BCGEU
Mar 18/16
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March 11, 2016
LAFRENTZ Road Markings - Notice of Elections for Bargaining Committee
Date: March 10, 2016
To: All BCGEU Members at LAFRENTZ Road Markings
Re: Notice of Elections for Bargaining Committee
(3 positions including Chairperson)
Your current Collective Agreement will expire on March 31, 2016, and plans are underway to return to the bargaining table. First of all, a new bargaining committee must be elected.
According to Component Byl...
March 09, 2016
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
NAOSH week is recognized annually throughout North America to promote the prevention of injury and illness at the workplace. Organizations are encouraged to participate by planning activities during this week. The theme this year is to “make health and safety a habit”. For more information go to Worksafe BC’s website at http://www.worksafebc.com/news_room/campaigns/naosh_week/
This link will g...
March 07, 2016
Celebrate International Women's Day - March 8
In Canada and around the world, March 8 is celebrated as International Women's Day.
International Women's Day and trade unionism are historically linked. The day was initiated to commemorate the 1908 strike of women garment workers in New York, and has evolved into a world-wide movement to celebrate advances and demand improved rights for women and girls.
As part of this fight for social j...
March 03, 2016
Station Attendant's and Faregate Attendant's - Protrans temporary status nego...
When: Thursday, March 10, 2016
1:30pm and 3:30pm
Main Floor Boardroom (OEM)
The Union will provide an update on negotiations regarding the status of Temporary Station Attendants and Temporary Faregate Attendants.
Members are encouraged to attend.
In solidarity
Richard Tones
Staff Representative
Download PDF of notice here.
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