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COMPONENT 3 - COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES

Component 3 includes members who work in community social services.

These caring professionals provide supports, services, and resources to vulnerable families and individuals across the province. They include supporting adults and children with developmental disabilities, women and children fleeing violence, youth-at-risk, child care, community justice services, Indigenous services, and employment services, among others. With over 15,000 workers in the sector, BCGEU is the largest community social services union in B.C.

NEWS & UPDATES

April 24, 2017

Aboriginal child welfare agency workers rally for better pay, fewer cases - B...

A rally was held over the weekend at the constituency office of the minister of Children and Family Development in Vancouver.   Read more...

April 18, 2017

Labour Management Meeting - Island Crisis Care Society - BCGEU

Date:          April 18, 2017 To:              All BCGEU Members at Island Crisis Care Society Re:              Labour Management Meeting   We are currently setting up a Labour Management meeting with the Employer for May. If you wish to provide input for this meeting, please contact your stewards: Lindsey Goupil ([email protected]) Sara Knippshild ([email protected]) Leah...

April 13, 2017

Training Day -Labour Code OHS Committee Reps - BCGEU

Did you know you are entitled to annual education leave totaling at least 8 hours? Did you also know your employer is required to support this training without loss of pay or other benefits? The employer must cover the costs of the training and any other reasonable costs to attend the course.  If you are unable to take the training yourself, you have the right to assign your 8 hour annual allot...

April 13, 2017

Quesnel Council Talks Marijuana - BCGEU

Quesnel City Council has begun the process of preparing for the legalization of marijuana.   Read More...

April 12, 2017

Big unions are big donors to NDP, but amenable to banning their contributions...

(February 2017 Article) Similar to big corporate donors to the B.C. Liberals, big unions are major contributors to the B.C. NDP.   Read More...

April 12, 2017

President Smith supports Sussanne Skidmore for Canadian Labour Congress VP - ...

www.sussanneskidmore.ca I am pleased and proud to support Sussanne Skidmore's candidacy for the position of Vice-President, Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). Sussanne is an established union leader, who began her social justice and labour activism more than a decade ago as a young worker. This makes her uniquely positioned to help evolve and grow the labour movement during increasingly complex...

April 11, 2017

Bargaining Committee Election at The Salvation Army Ocean Crest Ministries (C...

Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to announce Terrie Woods and Deborah Chamberlain have been elected to the vacant bargaining committee positions. Your committee will be meeting soon to review issues and develop proposals prior to meeting with the Employer.   If you haven't already done so, there is still time to submit your bargaining survey.  Surveys were mailed out to all members in Feb...

April 07, 2017

Urgent Action: Forced Displacements in Cali, Colombia Forced Displacements Le...

For over sixty years, the Cauca River in Cali, Colombia has been home to thousands of residents who farm, run businesses and live along its banks (known as el Jarillón). Since October 2016, families in the Venecia Las Vegas neighbourhood of el Jarillón have been forcibly displaced and seen their houses torn down by the municipality of Cali to make way for a tourist walk way and cargo port. Now ...