NEWS & UPDATES
April 27, 2022
Public service bargaining hits impasse over wage proposals - BC General Emplo...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 7, 2022
VICTORIA, B.C. – Negotiations between the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) and the provincial government's Public Service Agency (PSA) reached an impasse this week over an unresolved gap in wage proposals. The current agreement between the parties, which covers more than 33,000 union members, expired on March 31, 2022.
"Our members have been clear from d...
April 26, 2022
City of Burnaby Greenlights BCGEU Affordable Housing Project - BC General Emp...
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For Immediate Release
City of Burnaby Greenlights BCGEU Affordable Housing Project
Replicable model could be a gamechanger for tackling housing affordability
Burnaby - Yesterday, Burnaby councillors voted seven to two in favour of a rezoning application brought forward by the BCGEU that had the potential to offer a new model for tackling housing affo...
April 25, 2022
BCGEU releases investor brief calling on Loblaw (TSX: L) to take action on su...
Ahead of the Loblaw (TSX: L) annual meeting of shareholders on May 5, 2022, the BCGEU has released an investor brief about its shareholder proposal, raising concerns about forced labour and supply chain controversies at Loblaw. The Proposal asks Loblaw to disclose the results of its supplier audits. In line with its peers
BCGEU encourages investors to vote for this proposal.
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April 22, 2022
BCGEU librarians ratify collective agreement with Vancouver Island Regional L...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Seven months after starting bargaining and almost seven weeks after starting job action, members of the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) working as librarians for the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) have voted almost 90% in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement. “This has been a challenging round of bargaining, but these members st...
April 14, 2022
All Members Employed with Emcon SA-12 - Request for JLM Agenda Items for Apri...
The next Joint Labour Management committee (JLM) meeting will be held on April 28, 2022. These meetings are an opportunity for us to meet with management to get answers and work through differences that are not grievable, in between rounds of bargaining.
If you have an issue you would like to put forward, please let us know by emailing [email protected] or by letting one of your committee members...
April 14, 2022
All Members Employed with Mainroad SA11 - Request for JLM Agenda Items for Ap...
The next Joint Labour Management committee (JLM) meeting will be held on April 26, 2022 (the April 6th meeting previously scheduled was cancelled). These meetings are an opportunity for us to meet with management to get answers and work through differences that are not grievable, in between rounds of bargaining. If you have an issue you would like to put forward, please let us know by emailing ...
April 12, 2022
Vancouver Island library job action paused as BCGEU librarians consider wage ...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Members of the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) working as librarians for the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) have reached a tentative agreement with their employer and, as a result, are pausing job action. The offer comes after a month of rotating pickets at various VIRL branches. Following meetings to discuss the terms of the tentative ag...
April 12, 2022
PRT Growing Services Ltd.- Ratification meetings and vote! - BC General Emplo...
Your elected bargaining committee has a new tentative agreement for you to consider. Ratification meetings are scheduled for in person at specific worksites and members will receive a mail-in ballot based on the information we have in our Membership Records.
We hope that you will either come in person to one of the times and locations listed below or reach out to one of the bargaining committee...
April 07, 2022
22% of RBC Shareholders Back Resolution on Financialization of Housing - BC G...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Today, RBC (TSX: RY) shareholders voted 22% in favour of a proposal asking for the company to assess and mitigate the human rights and reputational risks involved in the financialization of housing. The proposal was presented by the B.C. General Employees’ Union, an institutional investor in RBC. In response to the AGM results, BCGEU President Stephani...
April 06, 2022
Day of Mourning on April 28 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Every year, on April 28, BCGEU members across the province come together to honour and remember co-workers and family members who were injured, made sick or killed because of something that happened at work. As COVID-19 restrictions loosen, our coming together this year will once again be in-person. It is critical that we all remember those workers and reiterate our commitment to fight for the ...
April 06, 2022
All Members at Mainroad (East Kootenay) Contracting LP - Bargaining Committee...
Your bargaining committee elections last occurred in 2015 and your collective agreement expires in less than 18 months (October 2, 2023). As we want to be well prepared for bargaining, we are putting this out now to ensure we have the duly elected committee in place for the preparation required. Your bargaining committee plays a critical role both in the preparation for bargaining and the bar...
April 05, 2022
All BCGEU Members at PRT Growing Services Ltd. - New Tentative Agreement Reac...
Members voted to reject the tentative agreement reached in December. The parties have been having without prejudice discussions since early February to see what would be possible to bring back to members for a tentative agreement.
The parties met last week and have reached a new tentative agreement.
We heard you and understand that many of you were not happy with the way the first year of the c...
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