NEWS & UPDATES
July 13, 2016
BC Milk Marketing Board Steward nominations – One position
Please be advised that there is a vacancy for one steward to represent members at BC Milk Marketing Board.
Please find attached nomination form. Completed nomination forms are to be returned to the union no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, August 12, 2016.
New stewards are trained by the union.
If more than one member is interested in becoming a steward, the union will conduct an election.
If ...
July 13, 2016
BC Milk Marketing Board tentative agreement ratifies
Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that the BC Milk Marketing Board tentative collective agreement has been ratified by the membership.
Your bargaining committee thanks all of you for your support and assistance throughout the bargaining process including ratification.
In solidarity
On behalf of the bargaining committee
Sarah Georgetti
Staff Representative
Download PDF of no...
July 11, 2016
BC Pavilion Corporation (BC Place) tentative agreement ratified
The tentative agreement between the BCGEU and BC Pavilion Corporation (BC Place) was ratified by a margin of 66% with a record number of votes cast.
Your bargaining committee thanks all those who took the time to come out and have your say on the tentative settlement. Work has already begun on the draft collective agreement and we expect to have a proofing copy to the employer in the next week...
July 08, 2016
Region 4 Women's Conference
Register now for the BCGEU Region 4 Women’s Conference, September 23-24, 2016 in Prince George. The Conference is open to all BCGEU women in Areas 06, 10, 11 & 12.
The Conference commences on Friday evening at 7:00 pm at the Ramada Hotel, 444 George St., Prince George with a panel session which will include a dynamic group of...
July 06, 2016
BC Pavilion Corporation ratification balloting location
Your bargaining committee will be setting-up voting on the following dates and time:
Date: July 7, 2016
Time: 3:30 pm – 1 hour after end of game
Location: 447
Date: July 8, 2016
Time: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: To be announced on Thursday
Date: July 9, 2016
Time: 4:00 pm – 1 hour after end of game
Location: 447
Please drop by before your shift, after the game or du...
July 05, 2016
The BCGEU stands with Canada Post workers
Canada Post’s announcement that they will lock out Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) members as soon as Friday is an attack on collective bargaining, its workers and its customers.
Canada Post is refusing to do the work of collective bargaining with CUPW by demanding massive rollbacks on the union’s hard fought gains.
Those rollbacks include moving all new hires from a defined benefit...
June 30, 2016
BCGEU presses Canadian Prime Minister on Mexican teacher repression
Since mid-May, Mexican teachers have launched a nation-wide protest against new government measures that seek to shut down teacher (normal) training schools, base continued employment on teachers’ results on standardized written exams, and eliminate the need for pedagogical training for new teachers. The government’s response has been a wave of violence that includes the abduction and arbitrary...
June 30, 2016
Addition to ratification for BC PavCo
Please see below the addition made in the attached ratification.
Download PDF of ratification here.
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
June 30, 2016
North Peace Cultural Centre ratification of collective agreement
We are pleased to announce the members of Local 1710, North Peace Cultural Centre ratified their tentative agreement on Wednesday June 29th, 2016.
Congratulations to the Bargaining committee for all your hard work!
In solidarity
Susanne Currie, Bargaining Chair
Gabrielle Beauchemin, Bargaining Committee Member
Angie Panoulias, Staff Representative
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
June 29, 2016
City of Fort St. John - Sick bank
Dear Brothers and Sisters
The union is sending out this information to ensure all of the members who work for the City of Fort St. John are aware of the procedure for applying to the sick bank, if it is required.
We are also looking for new members to join the sick bank committee.
The procedure to apply for time out of the Union Sick Bank is as follows:
1) If an employee is sick, he or...
June 29, 2016
BC Milk Marketing Board tentative agreement
The parties have reached a tentative agreement and the bargaining committee is recommending acceptance on the deal. The committee bargained over a three-day period (June 6, 7 and 21).
Details of the ratification are:
Date: Tuesday, July 12
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: BC Milk Marketing Board – Minter Street boardroom
Details of the tentative agreement will be discussed at the meeting. If you are...
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...