NEWS & UPDATES
August 12, 2020
Join our equity networks - BCGEU
Join our equity networks!Your union is committed to building diversity and inclusion and speaking out for equity and social justice for all workers. Key to achieving this goal is creating the opportunities for members to feel heard, represented and able to contribute to their union, their workplace and their community.Over the last 18 months, your BCGEU Equity and Human Rights committee held a ...
August 10, 2020
Community Builders Group (CBG) - Worksite steward election - BCGEU
The BCGEU is looking for one (1) steward at Community Builders Group. As having a steward at your worksite is of vital importance to every union member, we are opening up nominations at all worksites. If you are interested in becoming a steward, or know someone who is, please fill out the nomination form attached here.
What do stewards do?Stewards provide support and advice to members who think...
August 06, 2020
Bargaining Committee Nominations – two (2) positions - City Hall Childcare So...
As you may be aware, we are in the process of preparations for collective bargaining. However, there have been two vacancies on the committee due to turn over. Due to an error from the Area Office in filling those positions, we are now holding a shortened (2-week) nomination period to fill those positions with as minimal delay to the bargaining process as possible. You will need to elect up to ...
August 05, 2020
Lower Mainland Society for Community Living - Classification and Pension Upda...
Classification of Positions
As stated in earlier bulletins, normally we commence the review of jobs and classifications during the four month period after your employer is designated a member of CSSEA; however, the COVID-19 pandemic intervened and classification of jobs was put on hold while we dealt with all of the outstanding pandemic issues in workplaces around the province. Since our June 2...
August 04, 2020
Xyolhemeylh - Union dues - BCGEU
The BCGEU recently discovered that no letter had been sent to your employer to start the dues deduction process. We've now corrected that error and dues of 1.85% of gross salary will be deducted from your gross pay, effective August 29.
Your employer will be sending you an approval form for the deduction of dues. Please complete the form and provide your authorization promptly so that the deduc...
August 04, 2020
Ksan House Society – Emergency Shelter steward elections - BCGEU
Please be advised that BCGEU Community Social Services, Component 3 is holding Steward elections for members. Nomination Form is attached.
Nominations will be open from July 20, 2020 to August 19, 2020 at midnight.
Fax your nomination form to the Terrace Area Office at 1.800.946.0259, or drop it off at the BCGEU Northwest area office located at 4600 Lazelle Ave, Terrace BC or email it to area1...
July 31, 2020
North Coast Transition Society – Prince Rupert - Steward Elections - BCGEU
Please be advised that BCGEU Community Social Services, Component 3 is holding Steward elections at your worksite. The nomination Form is attached.
Nominations will be open from July 20, 2020 to August 19, 2020 at midnight.
Fax your nomination form to the Terrace Area Office at 1.800.946.0259, or drop it off at the BCGEU Northwest area office located at 102-4710 Lazelle Ave, Terrace BC or emai...
July 31, 2020
Ksan House Soceity - Transition House Society - Steward elections - BCGEU
Please be advised that BCGEU Community Social Services, Component 3 is holding Steward elections at your worksite. The nomination Form is attached.
Nominations will be open from July 20, 2020 to August 19, 2020 at midnight.
Fax your nomination form to the Terrace Area Office at 1.800.946.0259, or drop it off at the BCGEU Northwest area office located at 102-4710 Lazelle Ave, Terrace BC or emai...
July 31, 2020
Elizabeth Fry Burns Lake - Steward elections - BCGEU
Please be advised that BCGEU Community Social Services, Component 3 is holding Steward elections at your worksite. The nomination Form is attached.
Nominations will be open from July 20, 2020 to August 19, 2020 at midnight.
Fax your nomination form to the Terrace Area Office at 1.800.946.0259, or drop it off at the BCGEU Northwest area office located at 102-4710 Lazelle Ave, Terrace BC or emai...
July 28, 2020
Village Day Care Centre - Bargaining Committee Nominations – up to Three posi...
The collective agreement with your Employer will expire on October 31, 2020.
We are preparing for the upcoming round of collective bargaining and the Union needs your help and participation in the preparations and bargaining process.
The first step is to elect a union bargaining committee. The bargaining committee will work with the BCGEU Staff Representative in drafting proposals and negotiati...
July 27, 2020
Child care is essential for our economy - BCGEU
Last week, I was so pleased to see the announcement that there will be 536 new child care spaces created in Nanaimo and Ladysmith with the provincial government’s capital grants fund.This is an important milestone in the three-year Childcare BC plan that since 2018 has created 16,800 new child care spaces and offered a variety of supports for child care providers, families and child care worker...
July 22, 2020
COVID-19 Update: Vacation Principles and Community Social Services Employees ...
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the order of the Solicitor General under the Emergency Program Act deeming workers in the community social services sector to be essential, vacation requests in some workplaces may not have been granted since mid-March of this year. If this situation continues, vacation credits may accrue to unusually high levels and create significant challenges for app...
July 21, 2020
Proposed changes to Workers Compensation Act marks beginning of restored bala...
Proposed changes to Workers Compensation Act marks beginning of restored balanceAfter years of advocacy by workers and their unions – including your union's submission to the B.C. workers' compensation system review last year and the courageous testimonies at public hearings by dozens of current and former BCGEU members who had been injured on the job – the provincial government has begun to re...
July 17, 2020
BCGEU calls on government to protect renters by extending eviction ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 17, 2020 BCGEU calls on government to protect renters by extending eviction ban Burnaby, B.C. – The BCGEU is calling on the provincial government to extend the ban on evictions for non-payment of rent—today the government announced that ban will be lifted on September 1st. “This decision is utterly baffling to me,” said Stephanie Smith, president of the BCGEU. “COVID-1...
July 16, 2020
Kitsilano Area Childcare Society Bargaining Committee - BCGEU
We are pleased to announce that the following members have been elected by acclamation as your Bargaining Committee
Janet Lim
Maya Wilson
In the coming weeks, your Bargaining Committee, along with BCGEU Staff Representative Brittney Buss, will begin the process of preparing for negotiations with your Employer. We promise to keep you informed on our progress. Please take the time to fill...
July 15, 2020
Lower Mainland Society for Community Living - Voting Results: Election of Met...
The results are in. You have chosen the Union's recommendation that part-time employees in your agency accumulate 4.6% of straight-time hours in a paid holiday bank, to be paid out on statutory holidays. What this means is that: when a paid holiday occurs, you will be able to draw from your paid holiday bank, the hours required to cover the paid holiday or paid holiday lieu day. This allows you...
July 15, 2020
Community Builders Group - Voting Results: Election of Method for Paid Holida...
The results are in. You have chosen the Union's recommendation that part-time employees in your agency accumulate 4.6% of straight-time hours in a paid holiday bank, to be paid out on statutory holidays.What this means is that: when a paid holiday occurs, you will be able to draw from your paid holiday bank, the hours required to cover the paid holiday or paid holiday lieu day. This allows you ...
July 13, 2020
BCGEU recommendations for Budget 2021 - BCGEU
Click here to read the full submission
For many years, our union has been participating in the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services consultation process to inform the government's budget priorities. By making a written submission and an oral presentation, as well as encouraging members to participate via the committee's online survey, we make sure that our members' prior...
July 10, 2020
REVISED Voting Information for Paid Holiday for Part-Time Employees at at Low...
On July 3, 2020, your Union had sent out a bulletin to all part-time employees containing important voting information. Many of you did not receive this information due to emails bouncing back as the bulletin was sent to your work email. However, many of you have received the email with a link to vote. To ensure all of you have the information required in order to make an informed decision and ...