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September 15, 2021
CVSE’s WorkSafeBC Compliance Agreement, Update #3 - BCGEU
Since the spring, our union has continued to monitor the CVSE's progress towards meeting the terms of the WorkSafeBC compliance agreement, and to engage with the employer about the health and safety of CVSE staff. We'd like to provide you another update.Violence risk assessmentThe PSA is progressing with its work on violence risk assessment for CVSE.Over the past few weeks, PSA staff have been ...
September 14, 2021
Public Service Main and Component Bargaining Proposals for the 19th Public Se...
Preparations for the 19th Public Service negotiations are already commencing. Therefore, we are calling for locals to meet and prepare draft proposals and resolutions for submission to their respective components. They are to be forwarded to the Component Executives in order for proposals and resolutions to be vetted and allocated to either the Public Service Main or Component tables. The deadl...
September 10, 2021
BCGEU provides submission to BC Gov’t to help build a long-term economic plan...
BCGEU provides submission to BC Gov't to help build a long-term economic plan for B.C.
This past June, the B.C. government requested input from business, labour, Indigenous and other stakeholders for the development of our province's long-term, post-pandemic economic plan.
Your union represented the voices of our 82,000 members in the consultative process, which involved Ravi Kahlon, Minister o...
September 10, 2021
BC Wildfire Service - Working for you - BCGEU
It has been an intense and scary wildfire season. We know you've been working to the max, and without adequate resources. Issues are flaring, as they have for years. We desperately need a work environment – and the public needs a fire management system – for the 21st century. And bargaining for our new collective agreement will begin soon. Here is what we hope to achieve in bargaining and throu...
September 02, 2021
Solidarity in Post-Secondary Labour Movement - BCGEU
Solidarity in Post-Secondary Labour Movement
(British Columbia, September 2, 2021) – With last week's ever-changing landscape in COVID-related announcements affecting BC's post-secondary sector we saw what's possible amidst chaos. Union leaders jumped to action to represent their members in a variety of ways and one of those ways was that we, the undersigned unions, came together as a collectiv...
August 30, 2021
B.C. government liquor and cannabis workers rally for essential pay outside e...
B.C. government liquor and cannabis workers rally for essential pay outside employer's head office, September 1
BURNABY, COAST SALISH TERRITORIES – After five months without response from the Minister of Finance, B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) members working for the BC Liquor Distribution Branch (BCLDB) will rally outside the BCLDB's head office to call for their employer's support in r...
August 26, 2021
BCGEU welcomes the return of provincial mask mandate, calls for employers to ...
BCGEU welcomes the return of provincial mask mandate, calls for employers to ensure safe worksitesBURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – Members of the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) are pleased by the reissuing of a provincial mask mandate for indoor, public spaces, and calling it an important layer of protection for front-line workers."Vaccines are an amazing tool in stopping the s...
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