NEWS & UPDATES
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.
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
February 29, 2016
BC Corps of Commissionaires bargaining committee nominations and survey
Your current collective agreement (and subsequent MOA extending the agreement) with the Employer expires February 29, 2016. Negotiations between the parties will commence after a bargaining committee has been constituted. The delay in commencing this process is attributed to the Employer securing the renewal of their contract.
Attached, to this notice is a nomination form for the two (2) barga...
February 25, 2016
BC Budget 2016: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
The B.C. Liberal Government has delivered yet another of its “balanced” budgets, dressed in sleight-of-hand fiscal manoeuvering, ambiguous language, and cavalier comparisons to other provinces and jurisdictions.
Sadly, and once again, the fiscal planning of our elected government puts in second place the essential public goods and services British Columbians require to lead prosperous, inclusi...