NEWS & UPDATES
March 22, 2017
HRC Care Society (Westminster House) ratifies with 98% voting in favour - BCGEU
The collective agreement for HRC Care Society (Westminster House) ratified yesterday with a 98% yes vote.
Your union agreed to a number of changes with the following highlights:
Improved harassment language and added definitions of sexual and personal harassment that includes psychological harassment
If a member forgets to make a written request to have discipline removed from their file a...
March 21, 2017
OHS Courses for Labour Code OHS Committee Members in the Vancouver Area - BCGEU
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Wednesday, May 24 and "Investigations" will be held on Thursday, May 25. These courses will be held at the BCGEU Lower Mainland office at #130 – 2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS legislation
Roles ...
March 21, 2017
OHS Courses for all Labour Code OHS Committee Members in the Victoria Area - ...
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Wednesday, May 10 and "Prevention of Workplace Violence" will be held on Thursday, May 11. These courses will be held at the BCGEU office at 2994 Douglas St, Victoria from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS legislation
Roles and re...
March 21, 2017
OHS Courses for all Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Victoria A...
"Ergonomics" will be held on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. This course will be held at the Victoria BCGEU office, 2994 Douglas Street, Victoria from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Ergonomics course you will learn:
Requirements of the ergonomics regulation
How to identify ergonomic hazards, to assess the risk factors of tasks and to recommend appropriate solutions
Strategies for implementing an effe...
March 21, 2017
OHS Courses for Labour Code OHS Committee Members in the Prince George Area
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, May 16, "Incident Investigations" on Wednesday, May 17, "Ergonomics" on Thursday, May 18, as well as "Prevention of Workplace Violence" on Thursday, May 18. These courses will be held at the Ramada Inn, 444 George St, Prince George.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of u...
March 21, 2017
OHS Courses for all Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Prince Geo...
"2 Day Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, May 16 and Wednesday, May 17, 2017. "Incident Investigations" will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2017. These courses will be held at the Ramada Prince George, 444 George Street, Prince George from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work proc...
March 21, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Cranbrook/East...
"2 Day Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, May 9 and Wednesday, May 10, 2017. This course will be held at the Days Inn Cranbrook, 600 Cranbrook St. North, Cranbrook from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS legislation
Roles and responsibilities of employers, worke...
March 21, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Terrace/Northw...
"Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, May 2 and Wednesday, May 3. This courses will be held at the Best Western Terrace Inn, 4553 Greig Avenue, Terrace from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS legislation
Roles and responsibilities of employers, workers, superv...
March 21, 2017
Tentative Agreement Reached ? Ratification Meeting and Vote for members at Cr...
To: All BCGEU Members at Craigdarroch Care Home
Re: Tentative Agreement Reached ? Ratification Meeting and Vote
We are pleased to inform you that your Bargaining Committee reached a tentative first Collective Agreement with your employer on the evening of March 20, 2017, and unanimously recommends acceptance of the tentative Agreement.
The BCGEU offers our sincere appreciation for ...
March 21, 2017
HRC Care Society (Westminster House) Members Ratify Tentative Agreement
I am pleased to advise that the tentative Collective Agreement was ratified by the members on Monday, March 20th by a vote of 98% in favour.
Once the agreement has been produced, proofed and signed, copies will be provided to all members at Westminster House.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank your bargaining committee for their work on this set of negotiations. They were fully in...
March 21, 2017
Bargaining Update for Members at LifeLabs
To: All BCGEU Members at LifeLabs
Re: Bargaining Update
Your bargaining committee resumed collective agreement negotiations with your employer in late February, with multiple dates ending on March 16th. Talks were spirited, respectful, and very productive, with only a few non-monetary language proposals left outstanding.
On March 16th, during the final day of this latest round of b...
March 20, 2017
3 Day Steward Training
STEWARD TRAINING
TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY
April 25-26-27, 2017
This three (3) day “Steward Training” course (9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. each day) will be held at the:
LOCATION: Peace River Area Office of the BCGEU
10251 - 100th Street, Fort St. John
DATE: Three Days ~ April 25-26-27, 2017
TIME: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Provided ...
March 20, 2017
Area 11 Steward Training - April 25-27, 2017
STEWARD TRAINING
TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY
April 25-26-27, 2017
This three (3) day “Steward Training” course (9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. each day) will be held at the:
LOCATION: Diane L. Wood Union Centre
Prince George Area Office of the BCGEU
500 Quebec Street, Prince George
DATE: Three Days ~ April 25-26-27, 2017
TIME: 9:0...
March 15, 2017
Your Right to Know
BCGEU met with Workers Compensation Board (WCB) managers on March 7 to express our concerns about the levels of violence in the health and community social services sectors.
The health and community social services sectors have been included in the WCB?s 2017 ?high risk strategy? because of the sheer number and gravity of incidents from this sector. The prevention of violence is WCB?s main ob...
March 15, 2017
Happy Dietitians' Day – Let’s celebrate our dietitians!
As part of National Nutrition Month, the BCGEU acknowledges and celebrates the important work of dietitians on Dietitians Day.
BCGEU represents nearly 100 dietitians who are members of our Health Services component (Component 4). Dietitians work in residential care facilities, community health centres, population health, home care and community care, long-term care and public health units. The...
March 14, 2017
Tentative Settlement Reached - Ratification Vote for Nanaimo Seniors Village ...
Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to announce that a tentative deal has been reached for a new collective agreement for members employed at Nanaimo Seniors Village.
The Bargaining Committee is recommending that you vote YES to accept the tentative renewal Collective Agreement.
Full details of the tentative agreement will be made available to members at the ratification meeting listed belo...
March 13, 2017
Significant funding boost to strengthen care for B.C. seniors
The Province is investing $500 million over the next four years as part of a Ministry of Health action plan to improve care for seniors across the system, including increasing direct-care hours for seniors in residential care.
Read more...
March 10, 2017
Save the Date – for File This! BCGEU administrative services conference
Are you a BCGEU member works in an office environment providing administrative services OR provides frontline service to the public in an administrative role?
If the answer is YES, then save these dates: Sunday, October 1 to Tuesday, October 3, 2017 for “File This!”, a BCGEU conference for members who work in administrative services.
The conference will be held in Richmond, B.C. and feature g...
March 10, 2017
Strike Vote for Members at The Salvation Army Harbour Light Arc
To: All BCGEU Members at The Salvation Army Harbour Light Arc
Re: Strike Vote
The Employer and Union bargaining committees met to continue negotiations on March 2 and 3, and have reached impasse at the bargaining table. While the parties were able to agree to a number of housekeeping and language items, we were not able to agree on monetary items. Since the parties cannot reach ag...
March 09, 2017
Seniors health funding is a significant step to addressing care needs.
The B.C. Government & Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) feels that today’s announcement of $500 million to strengthen care for B.C. seniors represents a significant step toward addressing many of the most pressing needs in seniors’ care.
“Our union has long advocated for the Ministry of Health to address staffing guidelines, care hours and funding for long-term care homes,” said Stephanie S...
March 09, 2017
All Local 403 BCGEU Members at Forensic Psychiatric Hospital
Re: BCGEU President Stephanie Smith to visit Forensic Psychiatric Hospital
In light of the recent assaults, discipline, and other serious health and safety related issues, BCGEU President Stephanie Smith will be making a worksite visit to Forensic Psychiatric Hospital on Tuesday, March 21st, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.
We will be bringing our RV and barbecue and serving hamburgers for our membe...
March 08, 2017
We stand in solidarity with the Jewish Community in Vancouver
The BCGEU expresses its condemnation of the bomb threat made to a Vancouver Jewish Community Centre last night. This kind of violence and anti-Semitism must not be tolerated. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish Community, and the families affected by this event.
We are also heartened by expressions of support British Columbians are extending to the Jewish Community as we stand against hate ...
March 07, 2017
Happy International Women?s Day - Will you #BeBoldForChange?
Today, we?re proud to celebrate International Women?s Day 2017 ? Be Bold for Change. International Women?s Day is a day to celebrate the valuable achievements women have made across the world and a time to reflect on the progress made to advance equality for women. Despite these successes, we recognize that there are still many barriers and challenges that remain in working towards gender parit...
March 07, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Lower Mainland...
"2 Day Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 22, 2017. "Ergonomics" will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2017. These courses will be held at the Burnaby Head Office? 4911 Canada Way, Burnaby from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS le...
March 07, 2017
Call for Alternates to Convention for Local 403
To: BCGEU Members in Local 403
Re: Call for Alternates to Convention
The 2017 Tri Annual BCGEU Constitutional Convention will be taking place from Wednesday, June 14, 2017 to Saturday, June 17, 2017. Convention is the time when you, the members decide who the next BCGEU President, Treasurer and four Executive Vice Presidents will be and what the mandate of YOUR Union will be over th...
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