NEWS & UPDATES
April 03, 2020
It’s time to support essential workers – COVID-19 update - BCGEU
It's time to support essential workers – COVID-19 updateFrom the moment Coronavirus was declared a public health crisis several weeks ago through the declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic last month, thousands of you have raised concerns to your Stewards, Local Chairs and Component VPs about how your work and your workplaces have been impacted. Your union has been working hard with your ...
April 01, 2020
Child care for essential service designated workers – COVID-19: All members -...
Province helps essential service workers find child care
In response to concerns expressed by the BCGEU since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are pleased that the B.C. government has launched a process to provide child care to parents who are essential service workers. This process will match parents who are working on the front lines of B.C.'s COVID-19 response with child care in th...
April 01, 2020
Supporting co-worker health in stressful times - COVID-19 Update- C10 - BCGEU
As we continue to work together as a province to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, reliable, accurate information regarding the spread of the disease is key to keeping our members, their families and all British Columbians safe. This is equally important in the workplace.With that in mind our union would like to ask for your help in supporting the mental well-being of your colleagues by refrain...
March 31, 2020
Beware of fraudulent Emails related to Covid-19 - BCGEU
We are seeing a significant increase in the number of phishing and other fraudulent email scams being sent to BCGEU members, some trying to capitalize on people's fears related to COVID-19. Please review all incoming messages carefully, and if in any doubt about the authenticity of the message, do NOT click on any attachments or links contained within the message, delete the email.
The overwhel...
March 31, 2020
COVID-19 update Component 10: Your wages and hours – Mar 31 - BCGEU
On March 26th SNC-Lavalin, owner of Protrans BC, sent an email to its entire workforce asking employees to take a voluntary reduction in wages or hours for three months as the company deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. This email was sent to you without consultation with the union and therefore without our knowledge. We have taken great exception to this communication and we know our members hav...