NEWS & UPDATES
August 02, 2018
BCGEU offers policy ideas for local governments to address affordable housing...
BURNABY – The BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) has released a list of policy proposals titled "What Can Local Governments Do?", directed at municipalities who want to take bold action on issues of housing affordability. As property prices across B.C. continue to escalate, access to affordable housing has become a central concern for BCGEU members.
By focusing on measures that ...
August 01, 2018
Union sees no value in highrise, urges city to reject proposal - BCGEU
Unionized provincial government workers have registered their opposition to a 25-storey highrise in central Kelowna.
The Brooklyn project should be rejected by city council, the BCGEU says, because it will do nothing to promote affordable housing in Kelowna.
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UWU/MoveUP
July 31, 2018
BCGEU health care members ratify three-year deal - BCGEU
Members of a multi-union group working in B.C. community living homes and services have voted to accept a new three-year employment contract, eight months before the existing contract expires. The contract covers 16,000 people and was recommended to members in June by the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union and others in the community health bargaining group. Read more... UWU/MoveUP
July 30, 2018
BCGEU community health workers vote to accept new agreement - BCGEU
Burnaby- Community health sector workers, represented by the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) have voted strongly in favour of a tentative agreement reached with health employers. This agreement firms up a new three-year collective agreement for 16,000 union workers, which will take effect April 1, 2019 and expire March 31, 2022.
The new collective agreement brings in yearly...
July 26, 2018
BCGEU celebrates 99 years in union movement - BCGEU
Can you believe we're almost a century old? Today, the BC Government and Service Employees' Union celebrates our 99th birthday. Of course, we weren't known as the BCGEU back in 1919, but July 26 marks the anniversary of the first annual convention of the Provincial Civil Service Association of BC which, over the decades, grew to become the BCGEU. "At 77,000 members strong, the BCGEU is one of ...
July 24, 2018
Casino workers vote yes on new agreement ending Hard Rock strike - BCGEU
BCGEU members thank customers for their support.
(Coquitlam) - After being on strike for more than 10 weeks, over 400 members of the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) working at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam have voted in favour of a new agreement with their employer.
"BCGEU members at the Hard Rock casino stuck together through a long, tough fight and thanks to thei...
July 23, 2018
Talks break off between Gateway Casinos and union - BCGEU
KAMLOOPS - Mediation has been cut short between BCGEU and Gateway Casinos.
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UWU/MoveUP
July 23, 2018
Support for striking BCGEU brothers and sisters - BCGEU
The BC labour movement staged a show of support Saturday for striking BCGEU members
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UWU/MoveUP
July 23, 2018
Mediation talks break off in casino strike - BCGEU
Mediation between Gateway Casinos and over 675 members of the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) on strike officially broke off on Saturday, July 21 – the same day that saw hundreds of supporters flock to the picket lines across all four sites in the Thompson Okanagan.
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UWU/MoveUP
July 19, 2018
PRT Growing Services now a 100 per cent BCGEU Shop - BCGEU
All workers at PRT Growing Services now have the right to join a union, as per a new collective agreement negotiated with the PRT Bargaining Committee.
Previously, there were four areas of the collective agreement that disallowed union membership but that language has now been removed. Over 100 workers at facilities in Campbell River, Harrop, Red Rock, Vernon, and Armstrong will join the BCGEU ...
July 19, 2018
Memorandum of Agreement – Pregnancy and Parental Leave for Protrans members -...
Great news! In recognition of the changes to the federal Employment Insurance Act and the provincial Employment Standards Act, the BCGEU and Protrans have agreed to a Memorandum of Agreement which extends the length of leaves available to parents after the birth or adoption of their child. All parents with children born or adopted after December 3rd, 2017, will now be able to choose to take up ...
July 18, 2018
Secretary- BCGEU Fraser Valley Area Office - BCGEU
BCGEU FRASER VALLEY AREA OFFICE
INTERNAL POSTING
July 18, 2018
POSITION: SECRETARY
GRADE: LEVEL 3 – MoveUP AGREEMENT
A secretary is required to perform secretarial and word processing functions for staff representatives. This person will also be required to assist with switchboard and receptionist duties.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Will include: processing a variety of documents such as...
July 17, 2018
Local 1003 members at Protrans - Steward Nominations – CLA classification - B...
After the retirement of long-serving CLA shop steward, Diane Didrichsons, the Union is seeking a new shop steward from the CLA group.
Nominations are now open for 1 position of steward – CLA classification at your worksite and will close on July 31st, 2018.
Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.
Some of the roles of a steward are:
• He...
July 13, 2018
BC Liberal foot-dragging on whistleblower protection aided casino money laund...
BCGEU members are in a unique position to help monitor the laundering of dirty money in B.C. casinos. However, the failure of the former BC Liberal government to provide whistleblower protection for our members ensured there was no avenue for casino workers to expose illegal activity.
In fact, the recent Peter German report on money laundering reveals that the BC Liberal government willfully tu...
July 12, 2018
Casino strike enters its second week - BCGEU
Cascades Casino employees in Kamloops continue to soldier on along the picket line as their union is back at the negotiating table this week.
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UWU/MoveUP
July 12, 2018
Spirits high on casino picket line - BCGEU
A unicycling panda, music and a flag-bearing recumbent are just some of the things keeping spirits up on the picket lines at the Penticton Gateway Casino.
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UWU/MoveUP
July 11, 2018
Workers joining union help keep child care centre open - BCGEU
Workers joining union help keep child care centre openDTES daycare to stay open at least until November
(Vancouver) After workers at the Phil Bouvier Child and Family Center in Strathcona voted 95% in favour of joining the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), the employer, who had previously threatened to close the daycare, agreed to a settlement which would keep the centre open...
July 10, 2018
Your All-Stewards Committee - Protrans - BCGEU
Last Friday, July 6th, was the first meeting of your All-Stewards Committee. The group of many of your stewards met to discuss workplace issues and work on ideas as to how we can better advocate for workers at Protrans. At Protrans, you have an excellent group of hardworking, dedicated stewards who are assisting members every day. Stewards are the face of the union at your worksite. The steward...
July 09, 2018
BCGEU makes recommendations to government’s Rental Housing Task Force - BCGEU
BURNABY, July 9, 2018 – The BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) has made a submission to the provincial government's Rental Housing Task Force recommending measures to expand and better protect the supply of rental housing in the province. As property prices across B.C. continue to escalate, pushing home ownership outside the realm of affordability, access to affordable housing ...