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.
Please be advised that the following members have been duly acclaimed as shop stewards at the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre Association located at 265 Hastings Street in Vancouver:
Polly Rai
Caitlin O'Neil
Nupur Singla
Please join us in wishing them well in their positions and thank you to all who have participated in this process. Katie Marvin, Staff RepresentativeDownload PDF of notice ...
Nominations are now open for three (3) Bargaining Committee Members. Your collective agreement expires on March 31, 2023 and your Union is preparing for the next round of bargaining, which will begin once a bargaining committee has been elected. In accordance with your collective agreement, bargaining committee members must include a maximum of one member from any one program. If there are more...
As your Collective Agreement expires on November 30, 2022, the Union needs to elect a Bargaining Committee to prepare for negotiations with your Employer. Nominations are now open for the positions of three Bargaining Committee Members. As we need to ensure that the collective agreement includes and reflects the new members at Skeena House, one of the bargaining committee members (of three) nee...
As members of the BCGEU, you are covered by the Community Social Services Sectoral Collective Agreement. Currently we are in negotiations to seek improvements to working conditions such as increased wages and better mental health supports. The non-monetary parts of the agreement came in effect at your workplace back in July. The monetary parts of your new collective agreement will take effect o...
Friends,We are writing to invite you to a membership meeting scheduled for 1800 hours, Monday, November 28, 2022, in the Main Office Gym. Discussion Topics1. Bargaining Update: UBC and sector-wide2. Presentation of key priorities3. Discussion of next steps4. Questions and AnswersIf you know a BCGEU member who didn't receive this bulletin, please forward it to them. If you are a BCGEU member wh...
Collective bargaining resumed between the nine-union Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) and the provincial Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA) this past week to negotiate a new contract for 17,000 unionized workers in the sector. However, on Monday, talks were suspended after the latest proposal put forward by the employers’ association failed to meet ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.