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COMPONENT 14 - INDIGENOUS SERVICES

Component 14 includes members who work for employers that exist primarily to serve Indigenous populations.  

Employers include housing providers, schools, school boards and colleges, advocacy resources, children and family services, courtworkers, health services, and friendship centres. 

Read here for more about this component, its locals and members, and how it came to be.

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NEWS & UPDATES

March 21, 2025

BCGEU Files Complaint Against Western Pacific Marine for Bad Faith Bargaining...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2025 BCGEU Files Complaint Against Western Pacific Marine for Bad Faith Bargaining  BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – After weeks of extensive bargaining in an attempt to reach a fair agreement, the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) is filing a formal complaint of bad faith bargaining against Western Pacific Marine (WPM) with the Labour Relations Boa...

March 20, 2025

Temporary (8 months) Human Resources Administrative Assistant and Project Coo...

Temporary (8 months) Human Resources Administrative Assistant and Project Coordinator  Job ID: EX008 TEMPORARY/FULL-TIME Location: BURNABY, BC BCGEU thanks all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted. This position is only open to those legally entitled to work in Canada and are residents of the Province of BC. THE ORGANIZATION BCGEU is one of the l...

March 20, 2025

Temporary (8 months) Human Resources Administrative Assistant - BC General Em...

Temporary (8 months) Human Resources Administrative AssistantJob ID: EX009TEMPORARY/FULL-TIMELocation: BURNABY, BC BCGEU thanks all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted. This position is only open to those legally entitled to work in Canada and are residents of the Province of BC. THE ORGANIZATION BCGEU is one of the largest and most diverse unio...

March 20, 2025

Q&A About your new Component 14 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

As a BCGEU member of the new Component 14 – Indigenous Services , you have the important responsibility of nominating and electing members to run your local. You can learn all about your participation here. I encourage you to read below for some helpful Q&As about your new component, raised by your fellow Component 14 members at last week's town halls: Q: Why is this new component important...

March 14, 2025

NIL TU’O, Children and Family Services Society Members - Bargaining Committee...

The BCGEU is pleased to announce that the following NIL TU'O, Children and Family Service Society members have been elected as your bargaining committee and we will have one (1) bargaining committee alternate: · Alison Watson · Crosbie Hartford · Taylor Farmer · Lydia Jim (Alternate) Congratulations to the new bargaining committee. The committee will be meeting soon to work on bargaining propos...

March 13, 2025

Reminder: If sick, don’t attend BCGEU activities - BC General Employees' Unio...

Reminder: if you have flu-like symptoms, please do not visit BCGEU area offices or attend BCGEU related activities (including bargaining meetings, rallies, etc.) until your symptoms are gone.Symptoms may include cough, sneezing, runny or stuffy nose, fever, sore throat, difficulty breathing, muscle aches and pain.Until your symptoms resolve, avoid close contact with others and stay home unless ...

March 13, 2025

REMINDER: Registration for the Activist Appreciation Banquet closes on Friday...

We are just extending a reminder that if you have not registered for this year's Activist Appreciation Banquet you have until Friday, March 14th at 5 pm to RSVP using the link below. As a "Thank You" for your dedication and commitment to the membership of our Union, you and a guest are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Activist Appreciation Banquet. We hope you will take the opportunity to e...

March 11, 2025

Western Pacific Marine pulls the rug out on BCGEU members and Kootenays commu...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, March 11, 2025Western Pacific Marine pulls the rug out on BCGEU members and Kootenays communityFerry operator slashes wage offers in latest bargaining session, below previous offersBURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) - Following weeks of seemingly productive bargaining between Western Pacific Marine (WPM) and the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) bargainin...

March 07, 2025

Celebrate International Women’s Day - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

Saturday, March 8th is International Women's Day, and this year's theme is #AccelerateAction.For well over a century, IWD has been a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. This day is also a call to action for all women, two-spirit, trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people to accelerate equality, dismantle barriers and challenge har...

March 06, 2025

BCGEU and BC Budget 2025/26 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

The B.C. government tabled its annual budget yesterday and, as you may know, this coincided with the announcement of U.S. tariffs-and Canadian counter-tariffs-being imposed. The U.S. tariff regime is designed to incentivize secondary and tertiary manufacturing, along with critical segments of our workforce, to move south of the border.  I attended the budget lock-up with a small team of our uni...

March 06, 2025

New poll: B.C. majority wants to see lab services out of American hands and u...

MEDIA RELEASE March 6, 2025 New poll: B.C. majority wants to see lab services out of American hands and under public control  BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – A Research Co. poll has found that a majority of British Columbians support taking medical lab services such as LifeLabs out of American hands and placing them under public control instead.  This poll was commissioned by the B.C...

March 05, 2025

C14 - Reminder: Your BCGEU local election - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

As you know from my emails on February 25 and January 30, you are now part of some new Indigenous structures within the BCGEU: a new component (called Component 14 Indigenous Services) and one of six new locals. To launch these new structures, you now have the important responsibility of nominating and electing members to run your local. This email contains information about how to do that. Bet...

March 04, 2025

Media Advisory: BCGEU president available to comment on B.C. budget - BC Gene...

Media AdvisoryMarch 4, 2025BCGEU president available to comment on B.C. budget Following the release of the 2025/26 B.C. budget, B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) president Paul Finch is available for comment and can speak to the impact this budget will have on workers and affordability.The BCGEU is one of the largest and most diverse unions in British Columbia with over 90,000 members in 5...