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May 20, 2021
WorkSafeBC Compliance Agreement - BCGEU
Over the last several years, members and your union have been raising issues about the safety culture and specific safety incidents in CVSE. Members have been making complaints to WorkSafeBC and your union has been raising safety concerns to the ministry as well as WorkSafeBC. As a result of the perseverance and solidarity of members in raising these issues, WorkSafeBC conducted a series of ins...
May 20, 2021
BCGEU releases Investor Brief calling on Thomson Reuters (TSX, NYSE: TRI) to ...
Ahead of the Thomson Reuters (TSX, NYSE: TRI) annual meeting of shareholders on June 9, 2021 the BCGEU has released an Investor Brief about its shareholder proposal, raising concerns about human rights impacts at the Toronto-based company.
Historically a publishing business, Thomson Reuters's "Change Program" announced in 2021 will transition the company "from a content provider to a content-d...
May 20, 2021
Glass Lewis, influential proxy advisory firm, endorses Thomson Reuters human ...
Leading proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis has endorsed a human rights shareholder proposal at Thomson Reuters (TSX, NSE: TRI) in light of the company's work for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The proposal was put forward by the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) and is up for consideration at Thomson Reuters's 2021 annual general meeting on June 9, 2021.
Thomson...
May 19, 2021
Public Service Members with ‘on hold’ Classification Appeals - Update and Zo...
Members have expressed concerns about the length of time being taken to reactivate appeals that were placed on hold in the spring of 2020. The hold was due to a backlog of appeals dating back to 2011. At that time, after a period of trying to manage these older appeals as well as those being newly filed, both parties agreed to concentrate on the older appeals out of fairness to the appellants w...
May 13, 2021
SECRETARY LEVEL 3 - Organizing (Temporary) - BCGEU
BCGEU – HEADQUARTERS OFFICE
INTERNAL POSTING
May 13, 2021
POSITION: SECRETARY – ORGANIZING (Temporary)
GRADE: LEVEL 3 - MoveUP AGREEMENT
A secretary is required to perform secretarial and word processing functions for staff representatives in the Organizing department. Term of assignment is up to 5 months or return of incumbent.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties will include: proces...
May 07, 2021
All BCGEU Members Local 2010 BC Oil and Gas Commission - Steward Election Res...
Nominations closed May 6, 2021 for election of Stewards at the Fort St. John and Dawson Creek BC Oil and Gas Commission worksites. Dawn McNutt has been elected Steward at the Fort St. John location. Please join us in wishing them well in their new position! In solidarityAngie PanouliasStaff Representative Download PDF of notice here
UWU/MoveUP
May 05, 2021
COVID Update - BCGEU
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, our understanding of the virus is rapidly evolving. It is now widely recognized that airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 can occur under certain conditions. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) recently updated its guidance to acknowledge that SARS-CoV- 2 is spread through aerosols (smaller droplets that can hang in the air for periods of time).1 Further...
May 04, 2021
All BCGEU Members, Local 2010 – Ministry of Environment and Climate Change St...
Nominations closed May 3, 2021 for election of Stewards at the Ministry of Environment andClimate Change Strategy – Fort St. John. Mike Friars has been elected Steward at 10003 110th Ave Fort St. John, BC. Please join us in wishing them well in their new position! In solidarityAngie PanouliasStaff Representative Download PDF of notice here
UWU/MoveUP
May 03, 2021
Remembering Component 1 member Bikramdeep Randhawa
On behalf of 80,000+ members across the province, the BCGEU offers our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Local 104 member Bikramdeep Randhawa as they grieve his sudden and senseless death on Saturday, May 1st.
While the loss of any member under any circumstance is a tragedy, Bikramdeep's youth and the violent, and public nature of his death make this loss harder to b...
April 30, 2021
How the BC Budget affects you – BCGEU analysis
BC Budget Analysis 2021/22Moving in the right direction, but at the wrong speed. On April 20, the BC NDP delivered its first budget and fiscal plan since winning a new majority mandate in the October 2020 general election. More importantly, this was the government's first official budget since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Budget 2021 includes significant funds for em...
April 29, 2021
All BCGEU of Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – Fort St. J...
Steward Elections are open as of Thursday, April 29, 2021. To be elected are:
1 Steward at 10003 110th Ave Fort St. John, BC
Please ensure a copy of this notice, and the attached nomination form and information sheet are posted on the Union bulletin board at your workplace. Please email, fax or hand deliver your nominations to: BCGEU Peace River Area Office (Drop box at the back entrance)1014...
April 29, 2021
BC Oil and Gas Commission Area 10 (Fort St. John and Dawson Creek) - Steward...
Steward Elections are open as of Thursday, April 29, 2021.
To be elected are:
2 Stewards
Please ensure a copy of this notice, and the attached nomination form and information sheet are posted on the Union bulletin board at your workplace.
Please email, fax or hand deliver your nominations to:
BCGEU Peace River Area Office (Drop box at the back entrance)10147 100 AveFort St. John, BC V1J 1Y...
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