NEWS & UPDATES
November 16, 2022
Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre Association - Steward Election Results for 2...
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 ...
November 16, 2022
Members at Burnaby Children’s Centre Society - Opening Bargaining Committee N...
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...
November 14, 2022
Call for Nominations for Members at Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre - ...
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...
November 10, 2022
Our Place Society - Union update & next steps - BC General Employees' Union ...
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...
November 09, 2022
Members at UBC Childcare Services - Notice of UBC Childcare Services Bargain...
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...
November 08, 2022
Contract talks suspended for 17,000 unionized community social services worke...
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 ...
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...
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.