NEWS & UPDATES
June 08, 2018
Workers vote to strike at Gateway Okanagan Casinos - BCGEU
An astounding 93.1% vote in favour of strike action
Over 675 members of the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) working at Gateway Casinos in the Okanagan voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike action against their employer this week.
In a vote held from June 4 to 6, over 88% of Gateway staff in casinos in Kelowna, Kamloops, Penticton and Vernon came out and voted 93.1% ...
June 07, 2018
Parents stunned to learn Downtown Eastside daycare to close - BCGEU
The sudden closure of a downtown Vancouver daycare centre has upset parents and raised questions about the timing of the decision. Angela Giannoulis, whose three-year-old son Nikolas has been attending the Phil Bouvier Centre for two years, says the idea of a closure is heartbreaking. "The relief to know that while you are at work your child is being lovingly cared for … and to think that's bei...
June 07, 2018
Parents raise questions after daycare's decision to close - BCGEU
Parents and union officials are raising questions about a prominent East Vancouver daycare's decision to close its doors just days after its workers applied to join a union. The Vancouver Native Health Society, which runs the Phil Bouvier Family Centre daycare, sent a letter Monday citing "problems and hardships" for the closure. "As a not-for-profit society, there is only so much we can do wit...
June 04, 2018
Local 1006 Emcon Services Inc. Worksite Visits - AMENDED - BCGEU
Please note that Executive Vice President of Operational Services Rory Smith, Local 1006 Chairperson Kelly McDonald, Staff Representative Ruby Stromquist and Local 1006 2nd Vice Chairperson will be conducting worksite visits at the following yards:
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Quesnel Highways Yard – afternoon
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Nazko Highways Yard – morning
McLeese Lake yard - afternoon
Th...
May 29, 2018
Executive donation to Red Cross for flood relief - BCGEU
From April through June 2017, catastrophic flooding devastated parts of the Okanagan, Kootenay and Shuswap regions forcing thousands of British Columbians from their homes. According to the BC Flood and Wildfire Review released last month, the estimated cost of flood response in 2017 was more than $73 million.
Just a year later, while many families and communities are still dealing with the aft...
May 28, 2018
Your Local 1009 Executive - BCGEU
I am pleased to announce that Mark Ashley has been acclaimed as the Young Worker Representative. I am sure that you will all join me in wishing Mark well in his position. Your Local Executive Officers are: Walter Chernoff ChairpersonDave Johnson 1st Vice ChairGarry Campbell 2nd Vice Chair*Vacant Treasurer*Vacant Recording SecretaryJames Kastrukoff Member-at-LargeMark Ashley Young Worker*Vacant ...
May 25, 2018
BCGEU applauds provincial investment in 1,500 new housing units for women fle...
The BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) applauds today's announcement by the provincial government that it will build 1,500 new supportive housing units throughout the province for women and children fleeing violence. Over the next 10 years, government will invest $734 million to build this much-needed housing which includes transition houses, safe homes, second-stage and long-te...
May 23, 2018
PRT Growing Services Collective Agreement Ratifies! - BCGEU
Your BCGEU Bargaining Committee is pleased to report that all five nurseries have now completed the balloting process and the members have accepted the tentative agreement by 96%. Congratulations on the resounding result!We will now be contacting the employer to sign the final document and enquire about a timely release of the retroactive wage increase. The first general wage increase of 3% is ...
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