NEWS & UPDATES
June 29, 2016
North Peace Cultural Centre ratification meeting
We send this bulletin to update the membership about the Collective Bargaining process between the union and the North Peace Cultural Centre.
We are pleased to announce we have reached a tentative settlement.
Details of the proposed settlement will be released at a ratification meeting, being held at the Cultural Centre on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
Members will vote on the tentat...
June 29, 2016
Working Poverty in Metro Vancouver: the extent of the problem and realistic s...
Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a study on poverty in Vancouver. The report, Working Poverty in Metro Vancouver, presents sobering details on the increasing levels of poverty in the region. It also dispels an important myth about poverty: that getting a job will help lift a person out of poverty.
Poverty in B.C.’s largest city is increasingly a story of low pa...
June 24, 2016
Keep Your Cool!
The recent hot weather in our province generated several calls to the BCGEU Occupational Health and Safety department. Members want to know if the employer has the responsibility to protect workers from hot temperatures both indoors and out. The short answer is “YES!”
The Workers Compensation Act Section 115 mandates that employers must ensure the health and safety of all workers working for t...
June 22, 2016
Security, Culinary and Shippers/Receivers at River Rock Casino Resort call fo...
Nominations are now open for two positions – one from each department:
Culinary and Shippers & Receivers – one position
Security and Security Supervisors – one position
Only a BCGEU member in a department can nominate another member in the same department. If more than one candidate in a department is nominated, there will be an election in that department. Only members working in t...
June 21, 2016
Town of Gibsons call for nominations for bargaining committee
Your collective agreement is set to expire on December 31, 2016. It is now time to elect a bargaining committee to represent you in negotiations with your employer.
Call for nominations for:
• One (1) Bargaining Unit Chair
• Two (2) Bargaining Committee Members
As per the relevant language in the collective agreement:
7.2 Union Bargaining Committees
A union bargaining committee shall b...
June 20, 2016
BCGEU celebrates the 20th National Aboriginal Day
On June 21, 1996 the federal government declared the first National Aboriginal Day. Since that time, the BCGEU has joined the celebrations and the calls for increased support and recognition of Aboriginal peoples across Canada.
Over the course of those 20 years, Aboriginal peoples in Canada have fought for and won many advancements and reinforcements of their rights – sometimes through govern...
June 20, 2016
BCGEU demands freedom for Iranian trade unionists
In solidarity with the Free Them Now campaign to free jailed workers in Iran, the BCGEU sent two letters demanding the release of Jafar Azimzadeh and other jailed trade union leaders. Click here to read the general solidarity letter, and click here for the the more specific letter.
June 20, 2016
Call for nominations for vacant Local 1702 Executive position
Nominations are now open for Recording Secretary position which is vacant on the Local 1702 Executive:
The term is three years.
The role of the Recording Secretary is as follows:
assists Local chairperson with responsibilities outlined above
with the chair, sets meeting dates and develops agendas
is responsible for all meeting notices and minutes
Reports all correspondence at Local meet...
June 20, 2016
Local 1702 union meeting
DATE: Wednesday, July 20, 2016
TIME: 5:30 p.m. – Executive Meeting
6:00 p.m. – General Meeting
PLACE: Union Bay Credit Union
313 McLeod Road, Union Bay
AGENDA
General Business
Nominations for the position of Recording Secretary and closure of nominations/election to follow if required.
Please come out and meet your BCGEU Local 1702 Executives and bring your questio...
June 20, 2016
BC Place Tentative Settlement
Your BCGEU bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement with your employer, BC Place. Details on the ratification process are still being worked on. We’ll get you that information soon along with details of proposed collective agreement.
In Solidarity
Dave MacDonald, Bargaining Committee Chair
Barry Cameron, Bargaining Committee Member
Nadine Gagnon, Bargaining Committee Member
Kevi...
June 16, 2016
Study english before or after work
Free - English as a Second Language classes for BCGEU members. For more information please click the PDF's below.
Download PDF of notice here.
Download PDF of notice here (chinese translation).
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
June 16, 2016
River Rock Casino Resort update on bargaining
The BCGEU and River Rock management met on June 10th to table proposal packages for a first collective agreement. Comprehensive packages have been tabled by both parties, although the monetary issues will not be addressed until after the non-monetary issues have been considered.
Negotiations have moved slowly so far as there is a lot of detail to work through on the non-monetary items. The par...
June 16, 2016
Province invests $18 million in trades training at BCIT
The Province has announced today that it has invested, through the Industry Training Authority (ITA), $18 million in British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) for trades training through to March 31, 2017, to meet industry needs and ensure quality training in high-priority trades. Read more...
June 15, 2016
Hard Rock Casino call for nominations for bargaining committee
Nominations are now open for the following positions:
Chairperson of the Bargaining Committee, one position
Any BCGEU member can be nominated from any department. If more than one candidate is nominated, there will be a ballot of the entire membership to elect one candidate. The candidate with the most votes will be elected.
Bargaining Committee member, seven positions – one from each dep...
June 15, 2016
Lakeview Credit Union bargaining update
Sisters & Brothers,
As you may know, the union and your employer are in the process of negotiating the Collective Agreement. We have asked a number of times for the employer to commit to additional bargaining dates and to date they have refused to do so. They suggest this is due to our not responding to their latest proposal. We have responded, they simply didn't like the answers.
We rema...
June 13, 2016
Love must be greater than hate – Orlando shootings
The BCGEU expresses deep sorrow at the brutal hate crime which occurred in Orlando, Florida this past weekend and sends condolences to the families of the more than 100 innocent people who were killed and seriously injured at the Pulse nightclub on Sunday morning.
Much of the news coverage has focused on allegations of extremist religious motives. But this was not an act of terrorism, although...
June 13, 2016
The Columbia Institute releases a climate change report
The Columbia Institute released a brand-new report today: Top Asks for Climate Action - Ramping Up Low Carbon Communities. You can find it and a summary here.
Local governments have a crucial role to play in combating climate change. Their decisions directly or indirectly impact sixty percent of Canada’s energy consumption and more than fifty percent of GHG emissions. Top Asks pinpoints what l...
June 10, 2016
BCGEU writes Colombian and Canadian governments on repression
In early June, the BCGEU learned that Colombian state security forces used indiscriminate and excessive force against Colombian citizens engaged in peaceful protest. This led to deaths, serious injuries and arrests of citizens taking part in the “National Agrarian, Peasant, Ethnic and Grassroots Mobilization – for Good Living, A structural Agrarian Reform and Dignified Cities – Sowing Hope, Har...