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COMPONENT 12 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS

Component 12 includes members who work for the B.C. Government and non-government employers providing front-line administrative and support services.

They work in a variety of classifications and positions: administrative officer, clerk, postal clerk, clerk stenographer, coordinator of volunteers, court clerk, financial officer, health unit aide, medical records librarian and technician, office assistant, data processing operator, radio, teletype and switchboard operators, stationery clerk and stockworker.

NEWS & UPDATES

January 21, 2021

Provincial Centralized Screening - Call for Expression of Interest for the L...

The Committee is looking for two (2) members to join Social Workers and represent Administrative workers on the joint Labour Management Committee at PCS. Representatives at the Labour-Management Committee should be team players who want to make things better for everyone. They talk to workers and workers talk to them. They know what's going on and – very important – want to solve problems. They...

January 21, 2021

Ministry of Attorney General – Court Services – 222 Main Street, Vancouver - ...

Nominations closed for 1 (one) steward position on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. We are pleased to announce that Rhiannon Dominy-Pergentile is the new steward at the Ministry of Attorney General – Court Services and will join your existing steward team. Please join us in wishing Rhiannon well in their new position.   In Solidarity, Paula DribnenkiStaff Representative Download PDF of notice here UW...

January 20, 2021

Ministry of Social Development & Poverty Reduction – 203 - 4601 Canada Way Bu...

Nominations are now open for 1 (one) Local 1203 steward position at your worksite which will close on Thursday, January 28, 2021. 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 ...

January 11, 2021

All Local 1203 BCGEU Members at Ministry of Attorney General – Court Services...

Nominations are now open for 2 (two) steward positions at your worksite and will close on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. 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-workers...

January 05, 2021

The Provincial Fall 2020 - BCGEU

Check out the latest issue of The Provincial  This issue has updates on our union's shareholder program, scholarship winners, member stories aboutworking during a pandemic, COVID & women: call for an intersectional feminist recovery and the crisis in B.C. seniors’care facilities.  UWU/MoveUP

December 24, 2020

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 physical and virtual BCGEU offices will be closed for the holidays. BCGEU offices will be closed from 12:00pm on December 24, 2020 and until 8:30am on January 4, 2021, except for the Prince Geo...

December 21, 2020

COVID on the job: how to refuse unsafe work - BCGEU

The right to refuse unsafe work is a legislative right and responsibility of all workers in B.C., and that is no different during the COVID-19 pandemic.Have you been assigned work that you feel is unsafe? According to law, the procedure to refuse unsafe work is as follows: Immediately report to your supervisor that you have stopped work and the reasons why you believe the job or task is uns...

December 21, 2020

COVID-19 and recent changes to the Workers Compensation Act and Board Policy ...

During the pandemic, the B.C. government amended the Workers’ Compensation Act to allow workers to be compensated for lost wages when they contract COVID-19 on the job. Members who have reason to believe they have contracted COVID-19 through work should report it to their employer as soon as possible and should file an application for compensation with WorkSafeBC, including as many details as p...