NEWS & UPDATES
January 26, 2018
BCGEU Submission to Review of Professional Reliance - BCGEU
The government has initiated a review of the professional reliance model in the natural resource sector. The day-to-day work of thousands of BCGEU members is shaped by this regulatory model, and many of our members have raised the alarm about its shortcomings.
In its present form, the professional reliance model effectively lets the "fox guard the henhouse," leading in some cases to the misman...
January 23, 2018
Local 1208 Union Meeting - BCGEU
DATE: February 6, 2018
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
PLACE: East Kootenay Area Office
46 7th Avenue South, Cranbrook
AGENDA
Component 12 Bargaining
Public Service Bargaining
If you are unable to attend this meeting at the Union Office (and live in a community outside Cranbrook), please phone at 4:55 pm MST:Conference Call: Dial in Number: 1-866-562-0090 Access Code: 859138#Do...
January 23, 2018
Local 1205 Bargaining Proposal Meeting - BCGEU
COMPONENT: Administrative ServicesLOCAL: 1205DATE: Thursday, February 15, 2018TIME: 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. - Dinner 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. - MeetingPLACE: BCGEU Kamloops Area Office 158 Oriole Road (back entrance) Kamloops, BC V2C 4N7
EVERYONE WELCOME! If attending, please ...
January 16, 2018
Local 1209 Public Service Bargaining Proposal Forms - BCGEU
Please find attached bargaining proposal forms relating to the upcoming Public Service bargaining. Please use these forms if you wish to submit proposal(s) for changes to either the Public Service collective agreement or the Administrative Services Component 12 collective agreement.
Please return the proposal forms to the West Kootenay Area Office, via email to Sarah Maglio at area09@bcgeu.ca ...
January 16, 2018
BCGEU and government reach agreement on parental leave - BCGEU
The BCGEU has reached agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding with the B.C. government on changes to public service maternity, parental and pre-adoption leave (Article 21), to align with federal government changes to EI regulations as noted below:
Pregnant workers now have the ability to claim the existing 15 weeks of EI maternity benefits as early as 12 weeks before the expected week of c...
January 15, 2018
BCGEU Defends Members after columnist criticizes social workers - BCGEU
It's become the norm, after 16 years of sustained social service cuts, for columnists and pundits to take knee-jerk reactions and blame government workers when a high-profile tragedy occurs.
You may have heard about or read a recent column by the Vancouver Sun's Ian Mulgrew, blaming the courts and social workers for the tragic death of two young girls in Oak Bay.
Your union responded on behalf ...
January 15, 2018
On January 20, we will march again! - BCGEU
Last January, millions of people worldwide came together to march for human rights. In Vancouver alone, there were over 15,000 people who marched Downtown.
While we made gains in 2017, we also recognize there is still much work to be done.
With the growing momentum of the #MeToo movement, it is more important than ever to amplify the voices of not just women and girls, but of all marginalized g...