NEWS & UPDATES
March 14, 2016
Change to OHS course dates
Labour Code OHS Scheduled Courses
March - December - 2016
Courses
Location
Day 1
Course Type
Course Name
City
Venue
Mar 17/16
Labour Code
Incident Investigations
Victoria
BCGEU
Mar 18/16
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March 09, 2016
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
NAOSH week is recognized annually throughout North America to promote the prevention of injury and illness at the workplace. Organizations are encouraged to participate by planning activities during this week. The theme this year is to “make health and safety a habit”. For more information go to Worksafe BC’s website at http://www.worksafebc.com/news_room/campaigns/naosh_week/
This link will g...
March 09, 2016
Local 2001 meeting notice
DATE: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
TIME: Executive Committee 5:30pm
General Membership 6:00pm
PLACE: BCGEU, Victoria Area Office 2994 Douglas Street
AGENDA
OHS Update
PE Update
Component Update
Local Grievance Update
Worksite Update
M2M Worksite Visits
New Business
In solidarity
Kelly Grohs, Chairperson, Local 2001
Jenny Ewing, Staff Representative
Download PDF of notice he...
March 07, 2016
Celebrate International Women's Day - March 8
In Canada and around the world, March 8 is celebrated as International Women's Day.
International Women's Day and trade unionism are historically linked. The day was initiated to commemorate the 1908 strike of women garment workers in New York, and has evolved into a world-wide movement to celebrate advances and demand improved rights for women and girls.
As part of this fight for social j...
March 07, 2016
Treasurer Paul Finch visiting BC Safety Authority on Friday, March 11
BCGEU treasurer Paul Finch will be visiting B.C. Safety Authority headquarters in New Westminster on Friday, March 11.
During his visit, Paul will tour the worksite between 10am and 11am to meet with union members and to answer any questions.
The union has booked a meeting room for BCGEU members to bring their concerns and questions in complete confidence. The twin sisters meeting room is lo...
March 02, 2016
New Local Executive for local 2010
The following is now your current Local 2010 Executive:
Chair: Hank Glover – Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure
1st Vice Chair: Adam Hughes – BC Oil & Gas Commission
Treasurer: Sarah Dickie - BC Oil & Gas Commission
Recording Secretary: Amanda Fraser - BC Oil & Gas Commission
Young Worker Member-At-Large: Kirsten Bitor – Ministry of Transportation & Infrastruct...
February 25, 2016
BC Budget 2016: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
The B.C. Liberal Government has delivered yet another of its “balanced” budgets, dressed in sleight-of-hand fiscal manoeuvering, ambiguous language, and cavalier comparisons to other provinces and jurisdictions.
Sadly, and once again, the fiscal planning of our elected government puts in second place the essential public goods and services British Columbians require to lead prosperous, inclusi...