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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

November 04, 2022

Dawson Creek Association for Community Living - Steward Election Results - B...

To: All BCGEU members, Local 0310       Dawson Creek Association for Community Living   Re: Steward Election Results   Nominations closed November 3, 2022 at midnight for election of Stewards at Dawson Creek Association for Community Living.   Your newly elected Stewards for Dawson Creek Association for Community Living are: Sharu Kukreja Coleen Moxam Sony Thomas   Please join us in welcomin...

November 04, 2022

BCGEU Stands with Ontario CUPE Members - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

BCGEU stands in solidarity with Ontario education workers We condemn the Doug Ford government for their callous attack on 55,000 education workers and their rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.On Thursday, they made good on their reckless promise to pass legislation making it illegal for workers to strike and forcing a contract on them. Workers who disobey the ruling will b...

November 04, 2022

Winter School 2023 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

Winter School 2023 will be taking place in-person! We are so excited that our communities will be able to come together, to learn and discuss with peers and colleagues at the upcoming Winter School. As we continue to work with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) on updating you with further details, please complete your registration application form to express your interest in attending. Please ...

November 01, 2022

Members at St. James Daycare Society -   Opening Bargaining Committee Nominat...

Nominations are now open for the position of one (1) Bargaining Committee Member and one (1) Alternate Bargaining Committee Member. Your collective agreement expires on December 31, 2022. As such, the Union is preparing for the next round of bargaining, which will begin once a bargaining committee has been elected. We need your help and participation to elect two (2) members from the bargaining...

November 01, 2022

Members - Community Builders Group - Reminder – Five days paid sick leave ava...

All Employees (casual and full-time) at Community Builders Group are reminded that you are now entitled to five days per calendar year of paid sick leave.This new entitlement comes from changes to BC's Employment Standards Act (ESA) after successful lobbying by the labour movement, including the BCGEU. In particular, staff who do not currently have access to paid sick leave such as casuals or s...

October 28, 2022

Government introduces legislation that proposes significant changes to Indige...

On Wednesday, the B.C. government introduced Bill 38, Indigenous Self-Government in Child and Family Services Amendment Act. The Act aims to give Indigenous nations autonomy over child welfare decisions and would also allow nations to apply their own procedures and laws to instances of child neglect or maltreatment.  This proposed legislation is part of government's ongoing work to meet their o...

October 26, 2022

Local 303 BCGEU Members Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association (...

You are invited to attend a welcome meeting and meet and greet with your bargaining committee. The meeting will be attended by your elected Bargaining Committee, Staff Representatives, Sarah Fawns & Katie Marvin along with Carol Wood, Organizer.The purpose of this meeting is to: Meet your elected representatives to your bargaining committee Talk about the bargaining Survey (attached) Learn...

October 18, 2022

MEDIA RELEASE: B.C.’s public service members ratify collective agreement - BC...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 18, 2022B.C.'s public service members ratify collective agreementBURNABY, B.C. – Over a two-week voting period, members of the BCGEU's (BC General Employees' Union) public service bargaining unit voted 53.4 per cent in favour of the tentative agreement reached with B.C.'s Public Service Agency (PSA) on September 6. More than 71 per cent of eligible members voted in ...

October 18, 2022

Public Service Bargaining Backgrounder - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

The newly ratified agreement is now in effect as the 19th Main Agreement between the B.C. Public Service Agency and the BC General Employees' Union The previous public service agreement – the 18th Main Agreement – took effect April 1, 2019 and expired on March 31, 2022.  The BCGEU is the only union covered by this agreement.  Employer: Public Service Agency  BCGEU members covered: approximatel...

October 17, 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY - BCGEU members ratify three-year collective agreement with Pr...

WHAT: Members of the BC General Employees' Union's (BCGEU) public service bargaining unit have ratified a new collective agreement with the provincial government. The deal was ratified by a vote of 53.4% with over 71% of eligible members voting.Voting on the tentative agreement was open for two weeks, closing at 5 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 2022. The tentative deal was reached in early Septemb...