Component 17 includes members in a variety of sectors in B.C.
They are employed by casinos, hotels, banks, credit unions, B.C. Place, B.C. Housing Management, some Royal Canadian Legion operations, B.C. Milk Marketing Board, Compass Foods, regional districts plus private businesses.
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I am pleased and proud to support Sussanne Skidmore's candidacy for the position of Vice-President, Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). Sussanne is an established union leader, who began her social justice and labour activism more than a decade ago as a young worker. This makes her uniquely positioned to help evolve and grow the labour movement during increasingly complex...
Nominations are now open for 1 steward position at your worksite and will close on Friday, May 12, 2017, at 5:00 p.m.
A steward is the face of the Union at your worksite, some roles of a steward include:
Enforcing the collective agreement and protecting your rights.
Acting as a liaison between the worksite, the local and the area offices.
Signing up new members to the Union at the worksi...
(January 2017 Article)
The union representing 1,500 casino workers at Great Canadian Gaming’s River Rock and Hard Rock properties is claiming victory over a change in company policy around paying out unused vacations, although the company says it started the process before the union was involved.
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Date: April 10, 2017
To: All BCGEU members, City of Fort St. John, Local 1710
Re: NOTICE OF BARGAINING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
RESULTS FOR BARGAINING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Nominations are now closed for the City of Fort St. John Bargaining Committee. The following members are now your bargaining committee:
Bargaining Committee Chair: ...
For over sixty years, the Cauca River in Cali, Colombia has been home to thousands of residents who farm, run businesses and live along its banks (known as el Jarillón). Since October 2016, families in the Venecia Las Vegas neighbourhood of el Jarillón have been forcibly displaced and seen their houses torn down by the municipality of Cali to make way for a tourist walk way and cargo port. Now ...
What: Rally to support B.C.’s Children and Youth
Who: Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) workers
When: Tuesday April 4 at 12pm
Where: MLA Sam Sullivan’s Constituency Office, 201-1168 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, B.C.
Why: The B.C. Government has refused to fund and implement several recommendations from Bob Plecas’ review (the Plecas report) of child welfare in B.C. including...
The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union is disappointed by the short-sighted and dangerous decision by the BC government to siphon the Workers Compensation Board (WCB) Accident Fund and gift it to wealthy business owners.
Hundreds of workers are dying every year due to unsafe working conditions. The WCB Accident Fund was created to prevent accidents, train and educate workers and empl...
It is with a heavy heart that the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) staff and members learned of the passing of former BCGEU president John Shields on March 24. Shields served seven, two-year terms as BCGEU president between 1984 and 1999. For decades he was a champion of labour rights and his legacy can be found in every workplace in B.C. —in the improved working condition...
Please be advised Jag Sohi and Danielle Gates have been acclaimed to the Local 1704 Executive. Below is a complete list of your Local Executive.
Trever Garrett: Chairperson
Jag Sohi: First Vice-Chair
Danielle Gates: Second Vice-Chair
Contact information for your Local Executive can be found...
To: All BCGEU Members at Town of Gibsons
Re: Membership Meeting – Review of Ratification Document
The bargaining committee has approached the Employer regarding two areas on the ratification document that have been raised by the membership: Article 13.9 - Seasonal Modified Workweek and Article 16.1 - Annual Vacation Entitlement. The bargaining committee has asked the Employer...
The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union is encouraged by steps the B.C. government is taking to complete a provincial inventory of asbestos in provincial government buildings built before 1990. This is a significant step in ensuring worker safety during construction, maintenance and renovation of government buildings, and an important step ahead of the promised ban on asbestos by the f...
The BCGEU is saddened by the passing of our former president, John Shields. Shields died today in Victoria at the age of 78.
Shields served seven, two-year terms as BCGEU president between 1984 and 1999.
“It’s a sad day for the BCGEU. John was a great friend to me and so many of us at the BCGEU and within the labour movement nationally,” said BCGEU president Stephanie Smith. “He stayed connec...
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam),
Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
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