NEWS & UPDATES
Save the date - Convention 2020 - BCGEU
The 51st Constitutional Convention of the BCGEU will be held Wednesday, June 10, 2020 to Saturday, June 13, 2020. The convention will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 655 Burrard St, Vancouver.
If you are interested in attending convention as a delegate representing your components or submitting a resolution to convention, please contact your local chair - if you do not know who this person ...
January 22, 2020
Your New Shop Stewards - LDB Head Office - BCGEU
Nominations closed for 2 steward positions on Thursday, January 16, 2020.
We are pleased to announce that Ikjot Rai and Francois Levesque are the new stewards at the Liquor Distribution Branch - Head Office and will join your existing steward team.Please join us in wishing them well in their new positions.In Solidarity,Paula DribnenkiStaff RepresentativeDownload PDF of notice here.
UWU/MoveUP
January 20, 2020
BCGEU Office Closures – Jan 20th - BCGEU
Due to inclement weather, the Terrace Area office will be closed on Monday, January 20.
The office plans to reopen Tuesday, January 21, at 8:30am.
If you are a BCGEU member in area 12 and need emergency support at your worksite, please contact your union steward.
Facilities related emergencies in Terrace can be directed to Ryan Schmid at 778-870-7877.
January 17, 2020
New Prince Rupert labour history walking tour available - BCGEU
The BC Labour Heritage Centre is pleased to inform BCGEU members that a new Prince Rupert Labour History Walking Tour has recently been added to our BC Labour History Walking Tours mobile app. This tour explores over a century of union organizing, struggles and victories for fishermen, shoreworkers, longshore, the IWW, the Battle of Kelly's Cut, civic politics and colourful labour characters o...
January 17, 2020
SECRETARY LEVEL 5 - NORTH ISLAND AREA OFFICE - BCGEU
BCGEU NORTH ISLAND AREA OFFICE
INTERNAL POSTING
January 17, 2020
POSITION: SECRETARY
GRADE: Level 5 – MoveUP Agreement
A secretary is required to provide secretarial support to staff representatives in the North Island Area Office.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful applicant will perform Level 5 duties as assigned. Duties to include: processing a variety of documents on a person...
January 16, 2020
ICBC fleet-insured vehicles policy change - BCGEU
ICBC agrees to change potentially devastating policy on personal insurance impacts of accidents in fleet-insured vehicles
In Fall 2019, ICBC announced a policy change that would have meant that commercial drivers found at fault for accidents in work vehicles would potentially pay more for their personal insurance.
"Our union immediately understood that the original policy was completely unfair ...
January 14, 2020
Results of Election for Local 1201 Executive Member-at-Large - BCGEU
The election has been completed, the results are as follows: Turnout: 678 (10.4%) of 6510 electors voted in this ballot Andrea Clark 306 (45.2%)Darcy Lindberg 248 (36.6%)Mugurel Mic 123 (18.2%) Congratulations to Andrea Clark, the successful candidate. A big thank you to the other the two nominees for putting their names forward for this position. In solidarity Earl Moloney, Staff Representati...
January 02, 2020
LDB Head Office - Steward Nominations - BCGEU
Nominations are now open for 2 (two) steward positions at your worksite and will close on Thursday, January 16, 2020.
Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.
Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to co-worker...
January 02, 2020
Product Services 2370 United Blvd, Coquitlam - steward nominations - BCGEU
Nominations are now open for 2 (two) steward positions at your worksite and will close on Thursday, January 16, 2020.
Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.
Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to co-worker...
January 02, 2020
By-Election Results for Local 1204 - BCGEU
The Local 1204 by-election has closed. For election results see below:
1st Vice Chairperson: Reshma Chandra
Recording Secretary: Samantha Jones
Member-at-Large: Collin Murray
Please join me in congratulating Reshma, Samantha and Collin.
Thank you to all who participated in the process
In solidarity,
Kevin Hagglundstaff representative
Download PDF of Notice HereUWU/MoveUP
December 24, 2019
Local 1212 Steward Elections - BCGEU
Please be advised that Component 12- Administrative Services, is holding steward elections for members at various worksites. Nomination forms for the below worksites are attached.
Nominations will be open from Tuesday December 24th, 2019 to Thursday January 23rd , 2020 at midnight. Fax your nomination form to the Terrace Area Office at 1.800.946.0259, or drop it off at the BCGEU Northwest Area...
December 24, 2019
Happy Holidays – BCGEU offices closed for the holidays - BCGEU
BCGEU president Stephanie Smith, treasurer Paul Finch and the entire Provincial Executive would like to wish our 80,000 members and their families a happy and festive holiday season!
Please note that all BCGEU offices will be closed for the holidays.
BCGEU offices around the province will be closed at 1:00pm on December 24, 2019 and will reopen on January 2, 2020 at 8:30am.
If you are a BCGEU m...
December 19, 2019
Winter maintenance and public safety a top priority for BCGEU highway workers...
On behalf of members employed by Acciona Infrastructure Maintenance Inc., the BC Government & Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) is calling on the company to ensure they meet the highway maintenance standards agreed to in their 10-year contract with the provincial government. This follows an incident last week in Cherryville B.C. where a school bus became stuck in a ditch due to snowy road co...