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COMPONENT 17 - GENERAL SERVICES

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.

NEWS & UPDATES

October 26, 2022

Gateway Casinos and Entertainment (Starlight Casino) - Bargaining Preparation...

To:   All BCGEU Members at Gateway Casinos and Entertainment (Starlight Casino)Re:   Bargaining Preparations Underway   Your Bargaining committee has met multiple times this month to review Bargaining surveys and start the process of developing proposals. This discussion takes time as the matters are very important to get right. Your bargaining committee has been speaking with many of you and ...

October 25, 2022

Bargaining Update #1 - BC Housing Admin and Maintenance - BC General Employee...

To: All BCGEU Members at BC Housing Management Commission – Administrative/Clerical and Maintenance/Service DivisionsRe: Bargaining Update #1   When we last communicated with you in mid-June, we were asking you to submit bargaining surveys. Thanks to everyone who took the time out of your day to let us know what your bargaining priorities are. We worked over the summer to understand what you to...

October 18, 2022

MEDIA RELEASE: B.C.’s public service members ratify collective agreement - BC...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 18, 2022B.C.'s public service members ratify collective agreementBURNABY, B.C. – Over a two-week voting period, members of the BCGEU's (BC General Employees' Union) public service bargaining unit voted 53.4 per cent in favour of the tentative agreement reached with B.C.'s Public Service Agency (PSA) on September 6. More than 71 per cent of eligible members voted in ...

October 18, 2022

Public Service Bargaining Backgrounder - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

The newly ratified agreement is now in effect as the 19th Main Agreement between the B.C. Public Service Agency and the BC General Employees' Union The previous public service agreement – the 18th Main Agreement – took effect April 1, 2019 and expired on March 31, 2022.  The BCGEU is the only union covered by this agreement.  Employer: Public Service Agency  BCGEU members covered: approximatel...

October 17, 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY - BCGEU members ratify three-year collective agreement with Pr...

WHAT: Members of the BC General Employees' Union's (BCGEU) public service bargaining unit have ratified a new collective agreement with the provincial government. The deal was ratified by a vote of 53.4% with over 71% of eligible members voting.Voting on the tentative agreement was open for two weeks, closing at 5 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 2022. The tentative deal was reached in early Septemb...

October 17, 2022

Local 1703 Members at Servomation - Tentative Agreement Reached - BC General ...

We are pleased to announce that a tentative collective agreement has been reached with your employer.Next steps: We are putting together the ratification document which will highlight the proposed changed and this will be sent to you. We will be setting up ratification meetings to discuss the details and answer any questions you may have. Following the meetings, a confidential vote will be held...

October 07, 2022

Local 1710 Members at Lake View Credit Union - Tentative Agreement Reached - ...

Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to announce we have reached a tentative agreement.Details to be shared at an upcoming ratification meeting, date and time to be forthcoming, tentatively during the week of October 17, 2022.  In solidarity, Angie PanouliasStaff RepresentativeOn behalf of your Bargaining Committee: Danika Boyer, Bargaining ChairKaitlin Fritz, Bargaining Committee Member Downlo...

October 04, 2022

All Members at River Rock - News on Bargaining – Collective Agreement Rejecte...

Please be advised that the tentative collective agreement was rejected by 52% of the members who voted. The bargaining committee will be convening a meeting in the near future and provide you with further details on next steps. In solidarity,   Your Bargaining Committee Download PDF of notice here UWU/MoveUP

September 29, 2022

Learn, Reflect and Participate in the National Day for Truth and Reconciliati...

  Tomorrow is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and union encourages all members to take the day to learn, reflect and participate in events going on in our communities.  Learn and Reflect - Reconciliation is an ongoing process, and in addition to the events that are occurring tomorrow, our union has gathered a variety of resources including suggestions of some Indigenous business...