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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

November 14, 2023

RBC & BMO shareholders herald racial equity audit commitments - BC General Em...

Chartered banks are fourth and fifth to commit to independent assessment after successful shareholder engagement  BURNABY, B.C. | Nov. 14, 2023 – In back-to-back announcements, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Bank of Montreal (BMO) announced commitments to conduct independent racial equity audits, making them the fourth and fifth Canadian chartered banks to do so. These announcements come after ...

November 09, 2023

River Rock Casino - Food & Beverage & Theatre - Bargaining Committee Election...

Nominations for the bargaining committee are now closed, and we have three nominations for two available positions: Saxon Wang Lilian Lagasca Lynda Wines   Plans for the election process are underway and will be provided soon, along with copies of the biographies presented by the candidates. To help ensure you receive a ballot and future bargaining updates, please provide a personal email add...

November 08, 2023

District of Sechelt - Election of Bargaining Committee - BC General Employee...

The nominations for the Bargaining Committee members closed at 4:00 pm, on Monday, November 6, 2023. Thank you to everyone that submitted a nomination form. We have received the following nominations for the three (3) available positions.Your nominees are (in random order): James Swann Morgan Banks Les Dornbierer Kim Whaley  Kevin Durkee Denise North Treena Martin Erin Johnson Voting will be...

November 06, 2023

Joint Bargaining Update #12 – Bargaining Update for BC Housing Management Com...

We enjoyed meeting and chatting with some of you at the pancake breakfast on Nov 1. We've been meeting 3 days a week since we reconvened, alternating between Adm and Mtc. This pattern will continue until Dec 20. The parties are seeking additional dates in the new year.We've started spending our lunch (generally noon to 1pm) in the third floor lunchroom on the days that we're bargaining at BC Ho...

October 31, 2023

Local 1704 Members at IDEXX Reference Laboratories LTD - Bargaining Committe...

Nominations for your bargaining committee closed on Friday, October 20th. Please join us in congratulating your newly acclaimed Bargaining Committee for Idexx Reference Laboratories LTD:   Trever Garrett Kerry Davies Sima Soltaninasab   The Committee have acclaimed Trever Garrett to the position of bargaining committee chair. Please watch your email for updates as we go through the bargaining...