NEWS & UPDATES
March 07, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Lower Mainland...
"2 Day Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 22, 2017. "Ergonomics" will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2017. These courses will be held at the Burnaby Head Office? 4911 Canada Way, Burnaby from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS le...
March 06, 2017
OHS Course - Vancouver Area - Prevention of Workplace Violence - Wednesday, A...
To all Labour Code OHS Committee Members in the Vancouver Area
"Prevention of Workplace Violence" will be held on Wednesday, April 19. This course will be held at the BCGEU office at #130-2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
In the Prevention of Workplace Violence you will learn:
The legislative requirements for a violence prevention program
The definition of workplace viole...
March 03, 2017
Local 1211 REVISED March 8, 2017 Meeting Notice - (Note: New Call-In Option)
LOCAL: 1211
DATE: Wednesday, March 8, 2017
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
PLACE: Diane L Wood Union Centre
Prince George Area Office of the BCGEU
500 Quebec St, Prince George BC V2L 0C6
AGENDA – **REVISED **
Nominations and Elections of Convention Delegate(s) and Alternate Delegates to the 50th BCGEU Triennial Constitutional Convention being held June 14...
March 03, 2017
Local 1201/601 – Stewards Meeting
LOCAL: 1201/601 – STEWARDS ONLY MEETING
DATE: Tuesday, March 14, 2017
TIME: 5:30 pm
PLACE: BCGEU Victoria Area Office - Auditorium
AGENDA
Please join us for a meeting so stewards can discuss workplace issues.
** Food and beverages will be provided **
In solidarity
Maria Middlemiss, Local 1201 Chairperson
Cathy McCallum, Staff Representative
Download PDF of notice here
Local...
March 02, 2017
Learn more about the benefits provider transition happening on April 1.
A lot of questions and comments came in with the benefits provider transition announcement in January.
Download a PDF version an information bulletin from the Public Services Agency. (March 2, 2017)
March 02, 2017
MCFD Action Plan missing key staff retention measures
The Multi Year Action Plan for the Ministry of Child and Family Development released by the B.C. government addresses some key goals from the Ed John report, but fails to address the central issue of staff retention as identified in the Plecas report, the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union says.
Under the plan’s objective to “enhance services, supports and systems to better serve all...
March 02, 2017
New Employee and Family Assistance Program contract announced
Effective April 1, 2017, the contract for providing Employee and Family Assistance Services (formerly referred to as Employee and Family Assistance Program or EFAP) will change. The contract with the current provider, Homewood Health, expires on March 31, 2017. The new provider, Morneau Shepell, will assume the contract on April 1, 2017.
For the first time, the BCGEU participated in the Request...
March 01, 2017
BCGEU partner APSIES in El Salvador - women's empowerment
Supported through CoDevelopment Canada, APSIES is a grassroots organization that works in five rural municipalities in southeastern El Salvador to mobilize citizens to protect and enhance publicly-funded healthcare and other social services. APSIES takes a comprehensive approach to health as a human right, with a special emphasis on women?s empowerment primarily through education and capacity-b...
February 25, 2017
Remembering Millie Canessa: July 20, 1927 - February 19, 2017
Mildred ?Millie? Irene Canessa
July 20, 1927 - February 19, 2017
Long-time trade unionist and social activist Millie Canessa passed away Sunday morning.
An ardent defender of human rights and social justice causes including gender equality and workers' rights, Millie dedicated most of her life to bettering her community.
Millie joined the Government Employees' Association in 1967, prior to t...
February 24, 2017
“Balanced” Budget 2017 tips the scales pre-election
BC Budget 2017
This week, the BC Liberals delivered a pre-election budget with uncharacteristic commitments to new spending. In his budget speech, Finance Minister Mike de Jong boasted about the province’s ability to make service and program investments after so many years of discipline and sacrifice by British Columbians.
Indeed—albeit on the heels of intense public and media pressure—there ...
February 23, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Fraser Valley ...
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, April 25 and Wednesday, April 26, 2017 and "Mitigating Workplace Violence" will be held on Thursday, April 27, 2017. These courses will be held at the Fraser Valley BCGEU office, 8555 ? 198A Avenue, Langley from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsa...
February 23, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Castlegar Area
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Wednesday, April 19 and Thursday, April 20, 2017. This course will be held at the Prestige Lakeside Resort, 701 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS legislation
Roles and responsibilities of employers,...
February 23, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Vancouver Area
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 12, 2017. This course will be held at the Lower Mainland BCGEU office, #130 – 2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS legislation
Roles and responsibilities of emplo...
February 23, 2017
OHS Courses for Labour Code OHS Committee Members in the Castlegar Area
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 and "Incident Investigations" will be held on Wednesday, April 26th, 2017. These courses will be held at the BCGEU office at 2316 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS legislatio...
February 23, 2017
OHS Courses for Labour Code OHS Committee Members in the Fraser Valley Area
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 and "Prevention of Workplace Violence" will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. These courses will be held at the BCGEU office at 8555 – 198A Street, Langley from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS legislati...
February 23, 2017
OHS Courses for Labour Code OHS Committee Members in the Terrace Area
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 and "Incident Investigations" will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. These courses will be held at the BCGEU office at 102-4710 Lazelle Avenue, Terrace from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS legislation
...
February 23, 2017
OHS Courses for Labour Code OHS Committee Members in the Cranbrook Area
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 and "Incident Investigations" will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. These courses will be held at the BCGEU office at 46 – 7th Avenue South, Cranbrook from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS legislation
...
February 21, 2017
BC Budget 2017 Response
BCGEU president gives a first-look response to the BC 2017 budget, from the budget lockup at the Victoria Convention Centre.
February 21, 2017
Budget 2017 does little to address public service deficit
The B.C. government’s election year budget sees modest increases in select public services, but does little to address the serious public service deficit stemming from more than a decade of budget cuts, says the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union.
Additional funding is targeted to politically sensitive areas that have seen serious service cuts since 2001, including the Ministry of Ch...
February 21, 2017
Emergency meeting called to develop spending recommendations for $65 million ...
Emergency meeting called to develop spending recommendations for $65 million in federal funding for opioid crisis
VANCOUVER – The BC Government & Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) has called an emergency meeting to discuss the federal government’s February 17 announcement of $65 million dollars to address the opioid crisis and the lack of a strategy attached to this funding.
B.C. is at the...
February 20, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Burnaby Area
"2 Day Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 22, 2017. "Ergonomics" will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2017. These courses will be held at the Burnaby Head Office– 4911 Canada Way, Burnaby from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS le...
February 20, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Ft. St. John Area
"2 Day Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, March 14 and Wednesday, March 15, 2017. "Prevention of Workplace Violence" will be held on Thursday, March 16, 2017. These courses will be held at the Northern Grand Hotel, 9830 – 100 Ave, Fort. St. John from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of ...
February 20, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Kamloops Area
"2 Day Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, March 7 and Wednesday, March 8, 2017. "Incident Investigations" will be held on Thursday, March 9, 2017. These courses will be held at the BCGEU area office, 158 Oriole Road, Kamloops from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedur...
February 20, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Victoria Area
"Ergonomics" will be held on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 and "Prevention of Workplace Violence" will be held on Thursday, March 2, 2017. These courses will be held at the Learning Centre, 716 Courtney Street, Victoria from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.]
In the Ergonomics course you will learn:
• Requirements of the ergonomics regulation
• How to identify ergonomic hazards, to assess the risk factors ...
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