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June 12, 2025
Archway Community Services - Nominations for Stewards - June 12, 2025 - BC Ge...
Nominations are now open for stewards at Archway Community Services and will close at 5:00pm on June 26, 2025.Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to co-workers about t...
June 12, 2025
Chilliwack Opportunity Society - Nominations for Stewards - BC General Employ...
Nominations are now open for stewards at Chilliwack Opportunity Society and will close at 5:00pm on June 26, 2025.
Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.
Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to co-workers a...
June 12, 2025
Local 304 BCGEU Members at Ridge Meadows Association for Community Living - N...
Nominations are now open for stewards at Ridge Meadows Association for Community Living and will close at 5:00 pm on June 26, 2025.Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening ...
June 12, 2025
Local 304 BCGEU Members at Options Community Services Society - Nominations f...
Nominations are now open for stewards at Options Community Services Society and will close at 5:00 pm on June 26, 2025.
Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to co-worke...
June 12, 2025
Government to Transfer Supportive Housing Agencies to Community Health - BC G...
Government to Transfer Supportive Housing Agencies to Community Health I am writing to you today to inform you of a big first step our province is taking to start fixing BC's supportive housing sector - an initiative that's long overdue. On Thursday June 12, 2025 the Public Sector Employers' Council (PSEC) informed 39 agencies - your employers - that they will be moving into the Health Employ...
June 10, 2025
Election for Pacifica Housing Advisory Association Bargaining Committee - BC ...
Unfortunately, there was an error in creating the electronic ballot information that means we must reboot the election process. This bulletin contains the details for the rebooted election. Our apologies for this inconvenience. The reboot is necessary to ensure that an election is fair to all the candidates and accurately represents your collective will for representation at the bargaining tabl...
June 09, 2025
Pacifica Housing Advisory Association Did You Get a Ballot? - BC General Empl...
Balloting opened at 10am today.If you haven’t received a voting credential, please follow these steps:
check your spam/ junk mail folder first. If your credential is there, that’s all you need;
add the email [email protected] to your approved senders list with your email provider;
contact the BCGEU Negotiations Department at [email protected] or by calling 604-291-9611 o...
June 06, 2025
Election for Pacifica Housing Advisory Association Bargaining Committee - BC ...
At the close of nominations, the following six members were nominated for three positions of Bargaining Committee Member and so an election is required:
Candidate Name
Local
Dan Ouellette
301
Louise Watson
301
Camilla Pierce
302
Tanner Donald
302
Sterling Marchand
302
Mike Burke
301
(in all cases the order of the candidates’ names has been randomiz...
June 05, 2025
Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group - OUR VOICE MATTERS: Help Shape Our Fir...
Friends and Colleagues,Congratulations once again on becoming unionized! Together, we've taken an important step toward making a real difference at our workplace. Now it's time to decide what we want to bargain for in our first collective agreement-and we need your input.We're inviting all Fernwood employees represented by the BCGEU to complete a short survey to help us understand your prioriti...
June 04, 2025
Members in Area 03 & Area 04 - Event: In-Person Grief Circle - BC General Emp...
🕊️ In-Person Grief Circle: Kwentuhan (Talking) Circle for Healing & Mourning 🕊️
In the wake of the April 26 tragedy at Lapu Lapu Day and with the 40th day of mourning approaching, BCGEU invites all affected to a grief circle-kwentuhan (Tagalog for "talking") circle-to grieve, reflect, and heal together in community.
🗓️ Saturday, June 7, 2025 🕚 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PT 📍 BCGEU Lower Mai...
June 03, 2025
Victoria Cool Aid Society - Mediation Update and Important Survey on Next Ste...
We understand the past several months have been a challenging time for many. As we move towards taking the next step in the Section 54 process we wanted to provide an update and ask again for your input with a quick, final survey before we head into mediation.
Please fill out this quick survey containing two questions which will guide our advocacy efforts during mediation:
A. Do you prefer stag...
June 02, 2025
Local 301 members at Boys and Girls Club of Greater Victoria - Union Town Hal...
DATE: June 16, 2025 (5:30 pm) or June 17, 2025 (9:00 am)PLACE: BCGEU Victoria Office or Zoom (details below)
You are invited for a Union Town Hall meeting!The purpose of this meeting is to discuss your Local Issues negotiations ahead of the scheduled Local Issues Bargaining Committee meeting on June 17th. You may attend in-person or by zoom. The two meeting date options are below and make sure ...
May 30, 2025
Sooke Transition House Society - Vote to Decide on Method of Paid Holidays f...
One of the decisions that you must make as a group is to vote on how regular part-time employees will receive statutory holiday pay (includes holidays like Family Day, Christmas etc.).
You will have two options:
Paid Stat Holiday Bank - Put away the 5.0% in a Stat Holiday bank where regular part-time employees can take a paid day off for their stat holidays.
Get 5.0% paid out on each pay cheq...
May 30, 2025
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Victoria - Vote to Decide on Method of Paid Ho...
One of the decisions that you must make as a group is to vote on how regular part-time employees will receive statutory holiday pay (includes holidays like Family Day, Christmas etc.).
You will have two options:
Paid Stat Holiday Bank - Put away the 5.0% in a Stat Holiday bank where regular part-time employees can take a paid day off for their stat holidays.
Get 5.0% paid out on each pay cheq...
May 29, 2025
Wellspring Support - Grievance on Wage Increases Resolved - BC General Employ...
We are following up about the grievance filed over the wage increases for 2024. We are pleased that the Employer has resolved the matter and that all workers should be receiving their latest rates of pay and any retroactive money should have been paid out! If you are still having issues with your pay, please contact a Steward for assistance. Have further questions? Check out the resources below...
May 29, 2025
Local 310 - Local Executive Member at Large - Equity Nomination Results - BC ...
Nominations have now closed for the Member at Large – Equity position. Congratulations to Cameka Edwards who was acclaimed as your Local 0310 Member at Large - Equity! Cameka joins your current Local 0310 Executive Members: Chair: Bessy Solaman1st Vice Chair: Christina Schindel2nd Vice Chair: Gio P Aliyas Recording Secretary: Allan TengcoMember at Large: Kadesha Francis Sincerely,Tennille Penn...
May 22, 2025
Online Grief Circle - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
The Tragedy of April 26 at the Lapu Lapu Day event has had a profound impact on many members of the BCGEU Filipino community. To navigate the grief that ripped through the community from this devastating act of violence, the BCGEU will host a grief circle-or kwentuhan (Tagalog for 'talking') circle-to help those impacted process what happened.
In times like these, it is important to come togeth...
May 21, 2025
Members in Area 03 & Area 04 -Lapu Lapu Day Grief Circle - BC General Employe...
Last month's Lapu Lapu Day tragedy has had a profound impact on many members of the BCGEU Filipino community. To navigate the grief that ripped through the community from this devastating act of violence, the BCGEU will host two grief circles-or kwentuhan (Tagalog for 'talking') circles-to help those impacted process what happened.In times like these, it is important to come together. There wil...
May 21, 2025
Media Release - LifeLabs workers have new collective agreement - BC General E...
MEDIA RELEASEMay 21, 2025LifeLabs workers have new collective agreement BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – After 14 months of negotiations and 10 weeks on strike, mediator Mark Brown has given his binding recommendations for a settlement with the employer that will make up LifeLabs workers' new collective agreement, now in effect until March 31, 2027.“LifeLabs workers have improved thei...
May 21, 2025
Pacifica Housing Advisory Association - REMINDER - Call for Nominations - BC ...
Friends,Your collective agreement expires on June 30, 2025. We are therefore commencing the process of negotiating your next collective agreement by electing your bargaining committee.So far we haven’t received enough nominations to form a committee. Please consider nominating someone you’d like to see in this role or stand for nomination yourself. The deadline to receive nominations in accorda...
May 16, 2025
International day against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia Statement - BC...
Tristen Wybou, BCGEU executive vice-president and chair of the 2SLGBTQIA+ Committee
For the last twenty years, May 17 has marked International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. When reviewing our community's history, it is difficult to hold the decades of resilience and resistance that have resulted in significant wins for love and pride alongside a global reality of ongoing...
May 14, 2025
Tonight! AWRS Meeting - Combining Vancouver Residential Relief Pools - BC Gen...
Reminder - if you work in residential programs in Vancouver – please come to our union meeting tonight to provide your feedback on a request from your employer to combine relief pools #3 and #4 (aka merging the Vancouver residential relief pools) in our local issues agreement.
Member Meeting – AWRS Combining Vancouver Residential Relief Pools
Time: Tonight, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 6:30 PM
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