NEWS & UPDATES
November 04, 2025
U-Hill Kinderclub - Bargaining Committee Nominations – Three (3) Positions - ...
Nominations are now open for three (3) Bargaining Committee Members.
Your collective agreement expires on December 31, 2025, and your Union is preparing for the upcoming round of bargaining, but we need your help and participation!
The first step in the process is to elect your bargaining committee consisting of three (3) members, one being the Chair of the committee. Your Bargaining Committee ...
November 04, 2025
Local 301 Members - We’re Coming to Your Workplace! – Week 2 Site Visit Sched...
We're Coming to Your Workplace! – Week 2 Site Visit Schedule
We're providing our updated schedule for the final week of our work site visits for 2025. The purpose of these visits is to ensure members stay up to date with our union and provide members with some treats!
We will be there to answer questions and make sure that you understand your rights and to help you with:
Signing your membersh...
November 03, 2025
PS members - Component Agreements Now Available Online - BC General Employees...
Component Agreements Now Available Online
Good afternoon public service members,
We're pleased to share that all Component Agreements from this round of bargaining are now available on our website.
Members can now review the full text of their component-specific language, including updated provisions, clarified language, and improvements secured through bargaining.
Access to the individual ...
November 03, 2025
Our Place Society - It’s time to nominate your Stewards! - BC General Employe...
Nominations are now open for four (4) additional shop stewards for the remainder of the 2024-2027 term in Local 301 at Our Place Society joining Heather Furneaux, Jordan Shaw, Cam Harper and Selena Henderson (on leave).
The deadline for submission of nominations is:
Monday, November 24, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
Click here for the nomination form.
Please email your completed nominations to area01.vict...
November 03, 2025
All Local 301 BCGEU Members at Boys and Girls Club Services of Greater Victor...
Nominations are now open for two (2) additional shop stewards for the remainder of the 2024-2027 term in Local 301 at Boys and Girls Club Services of Greater Victoria joining Abee Armstrong and Rachel Klopp.
The deadline for submission of nominations is:
Monday, November 24, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
Click here for the nomination form.
Please email your completed nominations to [email protected]...
October 31, 2025
All Local 310 Members - SURVEY - Your Voice Matters: Help Shape a Better Wor...
COMPONENT: Community Social Services
LOCAL: Local 310
TO: All Local 310 Members
RE: SURVEY - Your Voice Matters: Help Shape a Better Workplace!
Your 310 Local Executive is interested in your feedback.We are asking all Local 310 members to please complete the following survey to assist the Local Executive in their planning of the upcoming year.Please complete the survey by midnight on Novemb...
October 30, 2025
Public Service members - Your Tentative Agreement: What It Means and What Com...
Your Tentative Agreement: What It Means and What Comes Next
The ratification process is officially underway - and BCGEU President and Public Service Bargaining Committee Chair Paul Finch has an important video message for you. In it, he reflects on the mediation process that got us here, what this tentative agreement means for members and key highlights of the agreement, and what comes next in ...
October 29, 2025
All BCGEU Members at Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group - Fernwood Bargain...
Hi everyone! I wanted to introduce you to the newest member of our bargaining committee! Rebecca Ford has joined us at the bargaining table and brings with her a wealth of knowledge and previous union experience from Aotearoa, New Zealand. She is an Events Host who works at the front desk. Rebecca also volunteers with Good Food Box, Community Dinner, and Fernfest! Rebecca, Sage, and I are worki...
October 28, 2025
L310 - Local Executive Member at Large - Young Worker Nomination Results - BC...
To: All BCGEU Local 310 MembersRe: Local Executive Member at Large - Young Worker Nomination Results Nominations have now closed for the Member at Large - Young Worker.Congratulations to Allen Fine who was acclaimed as your Local 310 Member at Large – Young Worker!Allen joins your current Local 310 Executive Members:
Chair: Bessy Solaman
1st Vice Chair: Christina Schindel
2nd Vice Chair: Gio P ...
October 27, 2025
All BCGEU Members at UBC Child Care Services - Bargaining Committee Elected a...
To: All BCGEU Members at UBC Child Care Services
Re: Bargaining Committee Elected and Questionnaire
I am pleased to advise that the following members have been elected/acclaimed to the bargaining committee:
Angela Chiasson
Alexandera (Ali) McCannell
Rachel Son
As the bargaining committee will be drafting bargaining proposals to present to the Employer at the bargaining table, we need your i...
October 26, 2025
BCGEU Reaches Tentative Agreement with Provincial Government After Eight Week...
Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 2025
BCGEU Reaches Tentative Agreement with Provincial Government After Eight Weeks of Job Action
BURNABY, B.C. – The BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) has reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government, bringing an end to a historic strike that involved more than 25,000 public service workers and eight weeks of job action acros...
October 26, 2025
Tentative agreement reached thanks to your solidarity - BC General Employees'...
Tentative agreement reached thanks to your solidarity
After nine months of negotiations and eight weeks on strike, your bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement with your employer – the BC Public Service Agency (PSA). The next step is ratification: all 34,000 members of the public service will now have the opportunity to review and vote on the agreement.
The tentative agreement ...
October 26, 2025
PEA Reaches Return to Work Agreement – All BCGEU Picket Lines Standing Down -...
PEA Reaches Return to Work Agreement – All BCGEU Picket Lines Standing Down
We're pleased to share that the Professional Employees Association (PEA) has reached a return to work agreement with the provincial government.
With this development, all BCGEU picket lines will now come down across the province. Zone and picket captains have been provided with instructions to ensure an orderly and coo...
October 24, 2025
You’re Officially in the Community Bargaining Association - BC General Employ...
Important Update & Action Required
Transferring into the CBA
Since your employers moved into the health sector this summer, many of you have been asking what collective agreement you would eventually join. We can now confirm that as of July 10, 2024, you are appended to the Community Bargaining Association agreement (CBA).
We know you didn't expect to join a new contract this early, and thi...
October 24, 2025
We’re Coming to Your Workplace! - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
We're going to be doing some work site visits listed below, to ensure members stay up to date with our union and provide members with some treats!
We will be there to answer questions and make sure that you understand your rights and to help you with:
Signing your membership card
Getting access to the MyBCGEU online membership portal
Making sure your union board is up to date
Recruiting more ...
October 24, 2025
Update on Statutory Holiday Pay - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
As you may know, your union is pursuing legal action against the employer at the Labour Relations Board (LRB) for violations of the Employment Standards Act and your collective agreement regarding payment of statutory pay for those who were eligible. Our LRB legal action includes anyone who should have been paid stat pay based on the Employment Standards Act and your collective agreement but di...
October 24, 2025
All BCGEU Area 01 Members - Picket Pay cheque pick up, BCGEU Victoria Area Of...
To: All BCGEU Area 01 Members
Re: Picket Pay cheque pick up, BCGEU Victoria Area Office
Due to flooding at the Victoria Area office, there will be minimal access to the building until the restoration process is complete. As of 1 p.m. today, the BCGEU Victoria Area Office 2994 Douglas Street entrance will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Monday to Friday.Picket Pay cheque pick up:For members ...
October 23, 2025
All PS members - Mediation update: Day 6 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Mediation Update: Day 6
As mediation enters its sixth day, discussions continue and progress remains steady. While we have nothing substantial to report since yesterday, both parties are still at the table, and your bargaining committee remains focused on achieving results. There are still key issues where the parties remain apart, but the mediators are working hard to help bridge those gaps. T...
October 22, 2025
Mediation enters day five - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Mediation enters day five Today marks the fifth day of a prolonged mediation. While progress has slowed, discussions continue and your bargaining committee remains motivated and fully committed to securing a tentative agreement that addresses the affordability challenges public service workers are facing and recognizes the vital work you do every day. There's still significant work ahead, but w...
October 22, 2025
MEDIA RELEASE - BCGEU job action escalates with all of BC Wildfire, Forests j...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2025BCGEU job action escalates with all of BC Wildfire, Forests joining the strike
BURNABY, B.C. – Amid an ongoing prolonged mediation with the government, the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) announced that the ongoing job action escalated this morning, with all remaining members from BC Wildfire and the Ministry of Forests joining the strike, bringing t...
October 21, 2025
C3 & C13 members - - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
To: All BCGEU members covered under Community Living Services, General Services and Indigenous Services
Re: Labour Adjustment and Education Fund Applications Paused
Applications to the Community Social Services Labour Adjustment and Education Fund (LAEF) are presently closed. The parties are attempting to address an unanticipated fund administration matter and hope this pause on applications w...
October 21, 2025
Nominations for Local 310 Executive – Young Worker - BC General Employees' U...
We have received a nomination form for the Young Worker position in your local. As this is a vacant position, we have opened nominations as per the D-8 policy.
The BCGEU Elections Manual states the following in regard to the D-8 Policy:
"Where no nomination is received for an office, nominations will be considered to remain open, but by-elections should not occur until all appeals are exhaust...
October 21, 2025
Mediation enters fourth day - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Mediation continues into day four
Your bargaining committee has been in mediation with respected mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers since Saturday, and talks will continue today. We've put all outstanding key issues before the mediators and made it clear why each must be addressed. From the start, members have been united about their expectations in this round of bargaining.
Over the past...
October 20, 2025
Bargaining update: Mediation continues - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Bargaining update: Mediation continues
Dear BCGEU,
Following the government's request last Thursday to enter non-binding mediation, talks began at noon on Saturday and have continued throughout the weekend. Respected mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers are facilitating discussions aimed at resolving this labour dispute as it enters its eighth week.
For more information on what mediation i...
October 17, 2025
CSSEA members - Bargaining update: Progress on non-monetary issues; monetary ...
Bargaining update: Progress on non-monetary issues; monetary proposals tabled
Dear BCGEU,
Your Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) committee continues to work hard at the table to deliver renewed collective agreements that reflect your priorities.
After 29 days of bargaining with the Community Social Services Employers' Association (CSSEA), we've reached agreement on sever...
October 17, 2025
BCGEU to enter mediation with Province in ongoing public service strike - BC ...
Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 17, 2025
VANCOUVER – The BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) announced today that its Public Service Bargaining Committee has agreed to enter non-binding mediation with the Government of British Columbia, with respected mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers facilitating the process.
The decision follows a request from government late Thursday af...
October 17, 2025
Our plan to turn up the heat on NDP MLAs - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Our patience is running out.
We've been clear with government: we're ready to negotiate as soon as they bring an improved wage offer. But instead of coming to the table, they're stalling-hurting workers, small businesses, and families across B.C.
To break the deadlock, we need to turn up the pressure on individual NDP MLAs in their own ridings. The NDP's majority is razor thin, and many MLAs ...
October 17, 2025
All PS members - Mediation begins tomorrow — and our solidarity remains our s...
Dear public service members,As we close our seventh week on strike, we have an update for you regarding mediation. After receiving a call from government yesterday requesting that the Public Service Bargaining Committee enter non-binding mediation, we can confirm that mediation will begin today at noon, and we expect it to continue through the weekend.
Government only called for mediation after...
October 16, 2025
BCGEU escalates job action across the province - BC General Employees' Union ...
Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 16, 2025
BCGEU escalates job action across the province
BURNABY, B.C. – The B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) is once again ramping up job action across the province as the provincial government continues to refuse to return to the bargaining table with a fair wage offer for public service workers.
As the Professional Employees' Association (P...
October 16, 2025
All PS members - Update on Meeting with Government this Morning - BC General ...
Dear Public Service members, We wanted to provide you with a quick update on ongoing developments. This morning, we met informally at the request of the government with George Heyman, Special Advisor to BC Minister of Finance, and a representative from the Premier's Office, as our goal remains to keep lines of communication open and to ensure your voices are heard at every opportunity. No barga...
October 15, 2025
Update on Meeting with Government this Morning - BC General Employees' Union ...
Dear members,
We wanted to provide you with a quick update on ongoing developments. This morning, we met informally at the request of the government with George Heyman, Special Advisor to BC Minister of Finance, and a representative from the Premier's Office, as our goal remains to keep lines of communication open and to ensure your voices are heard at every opportunity. No bargaining took plac...
October 15, 2025
BCGEU to join PEA at major job action announcement - BC General Employees' Un...
Media Advisory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2025
BCGEU to join PEA at major job action announcement
VICTORIA – BCGEU President Paul Finch will join Melissa Moroz, Executive Director of the Professional Employees Association (PEA), and BC Federation of Labour (BCFED) President Sussanne Skidmore for a press conference on Thursday, October 16, to announce a major escalation of job action by...
October 14, 2025
Has the NDP abandoned workers? - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Dear BCGEU,
The government has failed to come to the bargaining table with a fair deal, and as a result, members of the public service have been on strike for weeks. This isn't what any of us wanted, and it's especially disappointing coming from a government who promised to prioritize workers' rights.
With government failing to return our calls, it feels like the BCNDP is turning their backs on...
October 10, 2025
Media Advisory - BCGEU Escalates Strike Action to Include All Remaining Staff...
Media Advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 10, 2025
BCGEU Escalates Strike Action to Include All Remaining Staff at Adult Correctional Facilities Province-wide
BURNABY, B.C. – As the sixth week of job action comes to a close, the British Columbia General Employees' Union (BCGEU) is escalating job action once again. Today, all remaining staff at adult correctional facilities across the pro...
October 09, 2025
Public Service workers filled the streets and sent a clear message - BC Gener...
Dear BCGEU members not working in the Public Service,
A lot has happened with the public sector strike since we were in touch last week.
The employer has left us no choice but to escalate job action sharply and we've added thousands of workers to the strike in the past few days. The vast majority of public sector workers are now on strike. Over 25,000 BCGEU members are taking job action and 475...
October 09, 2025
Media Advisory - BCGEU Escalates Strike Action: Over 25,000 Frontline Workers...
Media Advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2025
BCGEU Escalates Strike Action: Over 25,000 Frontline Workers Now on Strike Across B.C., including 11 Fully Struck Ministries and Crown Corporations
BURNABY, B.C. – The British Columbia General Employees' Union (BCGEU) is escalating job action once again. Today, more than 25,000 frontline public service workers across 475 worksites will b...
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