Mask usage in BCGEU buildings
(Updated Apr 27, 2023)
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Effective immediately, we are making a change to our building protocols regarding mask usage in our buildings.
Mask use is now optional in our buildings, including in common areas and meeting rooms.
Staff and visitors to BCGEU buildings may, of course, continue to use masks and other layers of protection based on their own comfort and risk factors. We ask that we respect others and wear masks if requested in groups.
Please be reminded that no one should attend BCGEU buildings if they have active cold or flu-like symptoms.
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, Aboriginal services, and employment services, among others. With over 12,000 workers in the sector, BCGEU is the largest community social services union in B.C.
Your committee met with your employer on May 24 and 26. We primarily bargained non-monetary items and have reached an agreement on most of the items.
We will be back in bargaining on July 6 and 7 and will be negotiating the outstanding monetary items.
In solidarity
Jim Sands, Bargaining Committee Member
Ronnie Legaspi, Bargaining Committee Member
Swannie Wu, Bargaining Committee Member
An...
The ratification vote is now complete and 96% of the membership voted to accept the proposed changes in the Memorandum of Settlement.
A draft agreement will be reviewed by the Parties before it is finalized and signed.
If you have any questions, please contact your shop steward.
In solidarity
Richard Tones
Staff Representative
Download PDF of notice here.
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
First aid is an important element of workplace health and safety. This includes having the correct equipment, procedures and trained people in place to respond in the event of a workplace injury.
Here are the basic first aid requirements under the Workers Compensation Act:
(1) The employer must provide for each workplace such equipment, supplies, facilities, first aid attendants and services...
BCGEU president Stephanie Smith and Corrections and Sheriff Services Component 1 VP Dean Purdy update members on ongoing union campaigns.
*You can also view the video on the BCGEU YouTube channel
The election of your bargaining committee is now complete. You will be represented by:
Kathy Granger and Jacquelyn Peel
Your committee will be convening shortly to review and develop proposals prior to meeting with the employer.
Bargaining surveys will be sent to the worksite. This is your opportunity to have input into the bargaining proposals that impact all members. We thank you in advanc...
I am pleased to advise you that the following members will make up the bargaining committee who will represent you through the upcoming negotiations with the Employer:
Trevor Corbett – Bargaining Committee Chairperson
Oliva Rolando – Bargaining Committee Member
Deanna Pulak – Bargaining Committee Member
Lea Salov – Bargaining Committee Member
The next step is for the Committee to review...
For parents of younger children, finding licensed child care is a constant battle.
In many cases, if you’re not on a waiting list before your child is even born, you’re out of luck. So the province is launching a new tool to help connect parents with open child care spots. Read more...
The Union will be holding two meetings to seek a ratification mandate from the membership:
DATE & TIME: May 31, 2016 – 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm
LOCATION: Yukon Crescent Children’s Centre
2123 Yukon Crescent, Burnaby, BC
DATE & TIME: June 1, 2016 – 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm
LOCATION: Cameron Children’s Centre
9838 Cameron Street, Burnaby, BC
A copy of the Memoran...
Recent incidents at Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam have highlighted the need for workers to be made aware of their rights and duties under the Worker’s Compensation Act in carrying out their work.
On May 23, BCGEU members were injured while transporting a patient from the Royal Columbian Hospital back to the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital. A preliminary investigation has been conduc...
Shaelyn Ann Loise Blatta, West Kelowna
Flora Copley, Barriere
Ruth Dyck, Williams Lake
Haven Evans, Prince George
Elisabeth Hill, Port Alberni
Ramona Jones, White Rock
Isaiah Joseph, Langford
Pamela Lozano Fernandez, Chilliwack
Kayla MacKay, Victoria
Tessa Milic, Delta
Sarah Osborne, Victoria
Tenysha Ross-Van Mierlo, Castlegar
Lindsay Russell, Port Moody
Jaya Scott, Victoria
Jorda...
Please be advised that there is a vacancy for two member-at-large positions to represent members on Local 304 executive.
Please find attached nomination form. Completed nomination forms are to be returned to the union no later than 5:00 pm on Monday, June 27, 2016. The nomination period remains open for 30 calendar days.
Candidates have the right to submit one 8.5” x11” information sheet, whi...
In light of recent changes to programs which may result in layoffs, the union would like to meet with all members at Chilliwack Community Services to discuss the changes and impacts, as well as to answer any questions you have.
The details are as follows:
DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 2016
VENUE: Wellington office boardroom
45948 Wellington Avenue
Chilliwack
TIME: 2:30 p.m...
DATE: June 7, 2016
TIME: 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: BCGEU, 158 ORIOLE ROAD, KAMLOOPS (VALLEYVIEW)
(evening entrance at Northwest corner of building)
AGENDA
You are invited to BBQ dinner and Music Trivia on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Please come out and enjoy our beautiful patio space where we will be barbecuing beef, chicken, veggie burgers, and smokies...
For over 20 years, the Kootenays East Youth (KEY) program has supported young offenders as they strive to make positive changes in their lives. A new model at the time of its founding, KEY was first residential youth justice program in B.C.
Youth justice programs like KEY offer support and structure for young offenders who the courts have determined would be better served outside of a custodia...
Four awards of $1,500 are given each year to children of NUPGE, including BCGEU, members. The deadline for applications is July 6, 2016.
Each year, the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) offers four scholarships that reflect its pursuit of equal opportunity for all workers. They are open to the children, grandchildren or foster children of the National Union’s 360,000 membe...
Learn more about pensions in a webinar series offered by NUPGE, our national union.
Capital stewardship
Friday, June 10
10.00 am (11.00 am Mountain Daylight Time)
Pension assets in Canada now exceed $1 trillion. The way this money is invested has significant impacts on retirement security, the wider economy, and the welfare of society. It can also affect the jobs of NUPGE members and oth...
BCGEU president Stephanie Smith has been appointed to a six-member advisory council to develop a plan to improve our provincial child welfare system. The advisory council will provide independent advice on the allocation of additional staff, increased training and greater transparency and accountability at the Ministry for Children and Family Development (MCFD).
“I look forward to working with...
Shaelyn Ann Loise Blatta, West Kelowna
Flora Copley, Barriere
Ruth Dyck, Williams Lake
Haven Evans, Prince George
Elisabeth Hill, Port Alberni
Ramona Jones, White Rock
Isaiah Joseph, Langford
Pamela Lozano Fernandez, Chilliwack
Kayla MacKay, Victoria
Tessa Milic, Delta
Sarah Osborne, Victoria
Tenysha Ross-Van Mierlo, Castlegar
Lindsay Russell, Port Moody
Jaya Scott, Victoria
Jorda...
What's New With Pensions?: Your pension, Your plan, plus CPP, OAS and GIS
A BCGEU pension specialist will begin with an explanation on the differences between a defined benefit pension and a defined contribution pension plan – do you know what type your plan is? Learn the differences in predicting retirement income under the different arrangements and why this is important.
You will then b...
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam),
Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.