Prince George Area Office
(Updated Jan 26, 2023)
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The Prince George Area Office is closed today and tomorrow to all staff and members due to a health and safety issue. Staff will be working from home. Members are asked not to attend the office the remainder of this week, but can email or phone their area office for assistance.
BCGEU Offices
(Updated Jan 26, 2023)
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All BCGEU offices are open except for the Prince George area office as noted above. Members who wish to attend at a BCGEU office must follow BCGEU Safety Protocols, which include wearing a face mask in all common areas.
COMPONENT 4 - HEALTH SERVICES
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.
In preparation for negotiations, an election will take place to elect 1 Chair and 2 members to sit on the Bargaining Committee.
Election date: Monday, January 11, 2016
Election time: 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Election location: Well-Being (Renfrew Care Centre) 1880 Renfrew St, Vancouver
The members nominated for Chair are:
Vince Lu
Ymelda Castillo
The members nominated for the Committee ar...
The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) is speaking out against a fee increase to rental tenants seeking a dispute resolution through the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB).
The new fee took effect on Jan. 1.
A renter filing a dispute resolution application with the RTB will now have to pay $100. That’s up from $50. An appeal review will now cost $50, up from $25.
“British Col...
Notice to Bargain
The BCGEU recently gave formal notice to the employer to commence the bargaining process, because the current collective agreement expires on March 31, 2016. Of course your collective agreement remains in full force and effect until a new agreement is negotiated and presented to you for a ratification vote.
Elect your Bargaining Committee
There are three (3) positions for t...
The results of the election for the following position on the Local 412 executive is:
Member-at-Large - Amanjot Gill
Our apologies to Sister Dancey as her name was misspelled on the December 22, 2015 FYI! Again we confirm that your local executive with the newly elected position is:
Chairperson – Christine Fuller
1st Vice Chairperson – Tracy Garcia
2nd Vice Chairperson – Vacant
Tre...
The BCGEU will host a Celebration of Life for Sister Louise Hood at 6:30 pm on January 13, 2016, at the Lower Mainland Area Office (Suite #130 - 2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver). The gathering will be held in Auditorium A&B.
Louise leaves a legacy of nearly 25 years of union activism, including in BCGEU’s Community Health component (Component 8). Read more here.
The LMAO is near the Renfre...
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.