NEWS & UPDATES
January 19, 2017
$10-a-day child care would boost B.C. economy in 3 years, report suggests
A $10-a-day child care plan in B.C. would start paying itself off in three years, according to a new report.
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January 17, 2017
Welcome! First inmates arrive at Okanagan Correctional Centre
Penticton man Taylor Mcfadyen had the dubious distinction Monday of being the first person sentenced by a local judge to serve time at the new Okanagan Correctional Centre.
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January 13, 2017
Chilliwack volunteers sought for ambitious project to interview every senior ...
Older people living in long-term care homes are often overlooked, forgotten behind the walls.
An ambitious project taken on by the province's Office of the Seniors Advocate aims to change that by interviewing all 27,000 residents in 303 care homes across the province.
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January 11, 2017
Local 105 By-Election Results
To: All BCGEU Local 105 Members
Re: Local 105 By-Election Results
Results of the recent Local 105 Executive By-Election are as follows:
Mike Cheeseborough was acclaimed as Recording Secretary.
Mike Watson was acclaimed as Treasurer.
William Morrison was acclaimed as Member-at-Large.
Congratulations Mike, Mike, and William and welco...
January 10, 2017
Metro Vancouver seniors' care workers face more struggles with icy streets
Volunteers and homecare workers are bracing for another tough week caring for the city's homebound seniors as temperatures are predicted to drop again Monday night.
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January 10, 2017
Icy road conditions are posing a danger to home care workers
BURNABY (NEWS1130) - Worries about injuries to homecare workers have increased dramatically in the past month as a result of icy road conditions.
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January 10, 2017
Convention 2017: Guidelines for FT Officer and Exec VP Candidates' Election C...
1. No funds or assistance in kind will be contributed from the Union, Components, Locals or Cross Component Committees other than that specified in the guidelines. There will be no Component hospitality suites during Convention.
2. Declared candidates will have an opportunity to have a picture and a personal statement of no more than 1,000 words in a special election issue of The Provincial....
January 04, 2017
160 Years on the job protecting our courts and the public
BCGEU acknowledges the vital work that of members in Sheriff Services, the province’s oldest law enforcement agency.
In 1857 Governor James Douglas appointed Andrew Muir as the province’s first Peace Officer for the colony of Vancouver Island. In 1974, the province consolidated County Sheriffs and brought them under the Ministry of the Attorney General.
Sheriffs are a familiar in the court...