NEWS & UPDATES
March 30, 2016
301 & 302 – joint local executive planning day
DATE: April 21, 2016
TIME: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
PLACE: BCGEU Victoria Area Office (2994 Douglas Street)
AGENDA
Presentation by Jacob Hunter from Headquarters – MiniVan App Training
Lunch
Local Executive Strategic Planning
** If you will require accommodation or Leave of Absence (LOA) paperwork, please contact
Tricia Tringham at [email protected] and let her know what dates for ...
March 23, 2016
Information table at Kootenay market
On Saturday April 2, 2016 between 11am to 1pm, the 309 Local Executive will be setting up an information table at the Kootenay Market at 635 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, BC.
We will be giving out cupcakes and chatting with people about what Community Social Services means in their community.
In solidarity
Michelle Davis
Local 309 Chairperson
Download PDF of notice here.
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
March 23, 2016
Members at Milieu nominations for shop stewards (6 positions)
Nominations are now open for:
Six positions for Shop Stewards at Milieu Family Services Inc.
What do stewards do?
Stewards provide support and advice to members who think they are being treated unfairly. They sign up new employees, provide information on BCGEU services and solve problems in the workplace. They conduct ratification votes and elections, and stewards keep members informed by di...
March 23, 2016
City Hall Child Care Society ratified 3 Year collective agreement
Members of the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) who work at City Hall Child Care have ratified their agreement.
Highlights of the agreement include:
Three-year agreement ending March 31, 2018
3% increase retroactive to April 1, 2015 for all staff
1% increase April 1, 2016
2% increase April 1, 2017
Extended Health Benefits Plan increase in massage, physiotherapy & ...
March 23, 2016
Forests and Water: Key elements of environmental and economic stability
In March every year the United Nations commemorates two important days. The International Day of Forests (March 21) and World Water Day (March 22) are celebrated together to focus attention on the fact that the health of these two natural elements are interconnected with the economic and social health of the entire population of our planet.
Forests cover one third of the global land mass and a...
March 23, 2016
B.C. Legislature Recognizes CSS Awareness Month
click to download the proclamation
In appreciation of CSS employees, the B.C. Legislature has recognized their important work on a number of occasions this month.
At the beginning of March, stating that "greater recognition and understanding of the critical role these services play in our communities is needed to ensure their continued accessibility, availability and improvment," the Legisla...
March 22, 2016
Lower Mainland Purpose Society bargaining committee
Nominations for three Bargaining Committee positions closed on Monday, March 14, 2016. One nomination was received so therefore, by acclamation, the following individual is your new Bargaining Committee member:
Kirsten Nicholson
I would like to thank the nominee for stepping forward to represent the Lower Mainland Purpose Society in this round of bargaining. Congratulations to Kirsten!
...
March 22, 2016
Community Social Services: New Agreement on Portability and Retention Reached
Earlier this year, an agreement was reached that could allow union members covered by the Community Social Services (CSS) General Services, Community Living and Aboriginal Services collective agreements to transfer seniority as it pertains to wages and vacation from a job with one CSS employer to another within the Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA).
The process is not a...
March 21, 2016
Recognizing the movement to eliminate racial discrimination
March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The date was selected by the United Nations to honour the 69 people who were killed by police at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid in Sharpeville, South Africa in 1960. In South Africa, March 21 is a public holiday, "Human Rights Day," to commemorate the lives that have been lost in the fight for democracy ...
March 21, 2016
OHS training at the BC Federation of Labour
The BCGEU Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) department is offering additional training through the BC Federation of Labour for government and labour code OHS worker representatives. These training sessions are for specific courses we do not offer through the BCGEU. The one or two day OHS course is a pre-requisite to the BC Federation of Labour OHS training.
Your employer must pay for you to...
March 17, 2016
Urgent Action - Honduran activist assassination
Berta Cáceres, a prominent environmental activist, was assassinated in Honduras on March 3, and a witness to the assassination is being held against his will. We need people to urge both Canadian & Honduran authorities to take action and conduct a full investigation. Full details and letters to sign can be found on the CoDevelopment Canada website by clicking here.
UPDATE: There has been ...
March 16, 2016
Have you taken your Occupational Health and Safety training?
Are you an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) worker representative for your workplace?
If the answer is “yes”, your employer is required by law to pay for at least eight hours of annual OHS education for you (Workers Compensation Act). If you are unable to take the training yourself, you have the right to assign your eight-hour annual allotment to another worker representative.
Your co...
March 14, 2016
L'Ecole Bilingue Kindercare Society call for bargaining committee nominations
In preparation for negotiations, a new bargaining committee must be elected to participate in the bargaining process.
Call for nominations for:
One (1) Bargaining Committee Member
One (1) Bargaining Committee Member – Alternate
If there are more nominations than positions available, the Union will conduct an election.
In order to be nominated, a member and nominator must complete the no...
March 14, 2016
City Hall Child Care ratification vote & highlights
Your Bargaining Committee was able to successfully negotiate a tentative collective agreement.
Highlights include:
Three-year agreement ending March 31, 2018
3% increase retroactive to April 1, 2015 for all staff
1% increase April 1, 2016
2% increase April 1, 2017
Extended Health Benefits Plan increase in massage, physiotherapy & registered psychologist to $700 for each in a calendar...
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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