NEWS & UPDATES
August 01, 2019
LDB Delta Distribution Centre Member Barbecue - BCGEU
Please come and see us for a bite to eat and a chance to say hello to your Union.
Join us for hot dogs and all the fixings.
Date: August 12, 2019
Time: 11:00am - 2:30pm
Location: Delta Distribution Centre
We look forward to seeing you there!
In solidarity,
Your 503 Local Executive, 1204 Local Executive and 2004 Local Executive
UWU/MoveUP
July 31, 2019
Housing activists hail Burnaby's 'robust' tenant relocation plan - BCGEU
Proposed policy would guarantee temporary accommodation to renters displaced by renovictions and demovictions.
Their signs and T-shirts read "tenant power" and "end demovictions." There were speeches, cheers and chants. It was a familiar scene outside Burnaby City Hall – the battlefield between housing activists and local politicians in recent years – but Monday was different.
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July 30, 2019
Worksite Visit (845 Columbia Ave, Castlegar) – Friday, August 9, 2019 - BCGEU
Re Worksite Visit at 845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar Please be advised that the BC Federation President, Laird Cronk, Secretary Treasurer, Sussanne Skidmore and I will be conducting a worksite visit on Friday, August 9, 2019 between 9:30 and 10:30 We will be talking to members about workplace issues and ensuring we have accurate member information. If you have any questions or concerns, plea...
July 25, 2019
Forests Lands and Natural Resources - Terrace Steward Elections - BCGEU
Please be advised that BCGEU, Component 20 is holding Steward elections for members at the above location. A Nomination Form is attached.
Nominations will be open from July 25, 2019 to August 1, 2019 at midnight.
Fax your nomination form to the Terrace Area Office at 1.800.946.0259, or drop it off at the BCGEU Northwest area office located at 4600 Lazelle Ave, Terrace BC or email it to are...
July 25, 2019
Your new member ID card is almost in the mail - BCGEU
We are excited to announce that BCGEU Member ID cards are about to get smarter! Just like your transit pass or credit card, your new ID will now have computer chip technology which will enable us keep moving forward as a union with the ability to use contactless "tap" technology to sign into BCGEU meetings and events. We're excited about all the projects we'll be rolling out in the coming years...
July 23, 2019
BC Oil and Gas Commission Bargaining Update #2 - BCGEU
As previously noted, your 2019 Bargaining Committee had planned to start negotiations with our Employer in late May 2019. However, at the Employer's request, this was postponed until mid-July. As such, the Committee recently met with the Employer in Fort St. John over 5 days, from July 15th-19th for our first round of collective agreement bargaining. At these sessions, both sides tabled and d...
July 20, 2019
BC Safety Authority - Employer Email – No Retro?
As you're aware the employer sent an email at 2:30pm yesterday in "the interest of transparency". Our emails have been lighting up all afternoon from many of you to confirm that the employer is, indeed, offering no retroactivity for the first wage increase. It's true – they are offering no retro pay at all.
The absence of retro pay is the employer's position and not ours. As your elected repres...
July 19, 2019
‘Restore balance to the system’ BCGEU tells workers’ compensation review - BCGEU
BURNABY, July 19, 2019 – Today the BC Government & Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) provided its written submission to the B.C. workers' compensation system review. The provincial government initiated the review in response to years of advocacy by workers and their unions to make the system more worker-centered.
"The workers' compensation system was created as a compromise between the inter...
July 15, 2019
BCGEU statement opposing Quebec Bill 21 – religious symbol ban - BCGEU
On behalf of 79,000 members, including over 33,000 public service workers in B.C., the BCGEU condemns the decision of the Coalition Avenir Quebec Government to pass Bill 21 in Quebec which bans the wearing of religious symbols by public service workers in a position of authority. Any public employee should have the freedom to express their religious and spiritual beliefs in a safe and secure en...
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