Component 4 includes members who provide health care and related services.
They provide nursing care, personal care, housekeeping, building maintenance, laundry, activities, dietary, security and rehabilitation services at institutional and long-term-care facilities, as well as medical lab and a variety of other services for other employers.
Bargaining Committee for Sunwood
The following members have been elected by acclamation to the bargaining committee for Sunwood:
Holley Gabara
Linda Richardson
Cherie Laronde (alternate)
Your bargaining committee members will work with me (the assigned staff negotiator), as well as the bargaining committee members from The Dorchester and Parkwood Manor, to negotiate renewal of the collective ...
Bargaining Committee for Parkwood Manor
The following members have been elected by acclamation to the bargaining committee for Parkwood Manor:
Chrisely Enriquez
Sheryl Lim
Your bargaining committee members will work with me (the assigned staff negotiator), as well as the bargaining committee members from The Dorchester and Sunwood, to negotiate renewal of the collective agreement with the Emp...
Bargaining Committee for The Dorchester
The following members have been elected by acclamation to the bargaining committee for The Dorchester:
Diane Bulatovich
Satvir Herr
Your bargaining committee members will work with me (the assigned staff negotiator), as well as the bargaining committee members from Parkwood Manor and Sunwood, to negotiate renewal of the collective agreement with the Emp...
Celebrating the skilled work of lab professionals
National Medical Laboratory Week is here, and we're celebrating the incredible work you and your co-workers do every day!
Medical laboratory professionals are essential to high-quality patient care. Across B.C. and throughout Canada, lab workers help make diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care possible by delivering accurate, timely and reliab...
How to acknowledge Day of Mourning on April 28
Dear Members,
Every year on April 28, BCGEU members across the province come together to honour and remember co-workers and family members who were injured, made sick or killed because of something that happened at work. It is critical that we all remember those workers and reiterate our commitment to fight for the living to prevent further ...
Pride Season Announcement
Dear Members,
The flowers are blooming and the weather is warming up, which means Pride season is approaching! As more communities and Pride Societies roll out their festival dates and event calendars, our union is on a mission to find out how members like you want to celebrate in 2026.
Let's reimagine Pride in the voice and vision of the 2SLGBTQIA+ workers who ...
TEMPORARY BUSINESS ANALYST (AR2)
DEVELOPMENT & RECORDS
JOB ID: T0430
INTERNAL / EXTERNAL POSTING
February 17, 2026
Reporting to the Director, Development & Records, the Business Analyst ensures continuity of business analysis capacity for the Development team while providing dedicated analysis support for BCGEU's mobile application initiative. The role works with stakeholders to tra...
We are opening nominations for Shop Steward positions at Provincial Health Services Authority – Forensic Psychiatric Hospital - Health Science Professionals (BCGEU Local 403) located at 70 Colony Farm Road, Coquitlam, as per the D-10 Stewards Election policy. Nominations are now open for 2 stewards. Please find attached a Steward Nomination Form (photocopy if necessary). Please post this notice...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2026
BCGEU calls on Province to allow employees to work from home to help combat fuel crisis
BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) –
To help conserve fuel and save on the cost of gas, the BCGEU is calling on the provincial government to allow provincially regulated employees, where possible, to work from home full time.
BCGEU is joining the call by the Ca...
Well-Being Common Table Bargaining Update
Your bargaining committee has met again this week and have touched on every article of the collective agreement and started drafting proposals in preparation to meet with the employer at the bargaining table this May. The committee will be meeting again in April to continue this work. Updates to follow as available. In solidarity,Kelly Mandseth, Comox...
The 14th of April 2026, marks 10 years since British Columbia declared a public health emergency due to increased drug poisoning. Since then, more than 18,000 people have died due to toxic substances. Please join us at the Victoria vigil, at the BC Legislature to remember the lives lost.
BCGEU encourages our members to attend the Doctors for Safer Drug Policy event and vigil. We stand in solida...
Recruitment and retention incentive program extended to September 30, 2026
The Provincial Recruitment and Retention Incentives (PRRI) program for health professionals in rural communities is being extended once again by the B.C. Ministry of Health. The program will continue until September 30, 2026, for the 76 communities it applies to across the province.
The Provincial Rural Retention In...
Are you a good problem solver? Do you care about the health and safety of you and your coworkers? Your 108 E Hastings Joint Occupational Health and Safety (JOHS) committee is looking for a worker co-chair and worker representatives.No prior experience is necessary and training and support will be provided. Fill out this form here if you are interested in protecting the health and safety of yo...
Steward Nomination Results
Please be advised that the following members have been acclaimed as the stewards at BC Centre for Disease Control – HSP located at 655 12th Ave W, Vancouver.
Maria Lydia Olaer
Congratulations to the new steward. Thank you for stepping up to fill these important roles! Maria will be joining Marie as the stewards at your worksite. Together, your new stewards are:
...
To: All BCGEU Members in Area 10
Date: April 8, 2026
Re: Wills and Estate Planning
Location: Virtual Online Presentation
Time: 7pm – 8pm Presentation
8pm – 8:30pm Question Period
Your Area 10 Cross Component Committee is pleased to be hosting a presentation on "Wills and Estate Planning" on April 8, 2026, put on by Corvus Law...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 20, 2026
BCGEU community health workers ratify four-year deal to close long-standing pay gaps
BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – More than 27,000 community health workers across the province have ratified a new four-year collective agreement aimed at narrowing long-standing wage gaps and strengthening frontline community care across the province.
The...
Call for Nominations Extended Nominations are now open and have been extended for a bargaining committee to work with the staff negotiator on a renewal collective agreement with the employer. Elected bargaining committees help ensure members’ voices are heard and their interests protected and advanced through the bargaining process. As in the previous round, renewal negotiations for Parkwood Ma...
To: All BCGEU Members at WC Operating (British Columbia-1) LP, Operating As "Sunwood"Re: Nominations Extended for Welltower (Sunwood) Bargaining Committee Call for Nominations Extended Nominations are now open and have been extended for a bargaining committee to work with the staff negotiator on a renewal collective agreement with the employer. Elected bargaining committees help ensure members...
Call for Nominations Extended
Nominations are now open and have been extended for a bargaining committee to work with the staff negotiator on a renewal collective agreement with the employer. Elected bargaining committees help ensure members' voices are heard and their interests protected and advanced through the bargaining process. As in the previous round, renewal negotiations for The Dorche...
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