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.
When: Wednesday, November 16, 2022Time: Executive Only 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm General Membership 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm WHERE: VIRTUAL MEETING VIA ZOOMRE: Local 403 General Meeting
Please contact Lower Mainland area office for Zoom information
MEETING AGENDA
• Welcome and Introductions• Bargaining updates• General Business
In sol,Mahen RamdharryLoc...
Nominations have now closed for your local executive. The Union is pleased to announce the results are as follows:
Congratulations to the new executive members. In solidarity Mahen RamdharryComponent 4 Vice President Sean AntrimBCGEU Staff RepresentativeDownload PDF of notice here
UWU/MoveUP
Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to report that on Thursday, October 27, 2022, the tentative agreement between the BCGEU and All BCGEU members employed at Halcyon Assisted Living Society (Moberly Park Manor) was unanimously ratified by the membership. We would like to thank you for your support through this round of bargaining. As well, we would like to thank you for taking the time to cast...
Nominations are now open for three (3) steward positions at Royale Pacifica Resort Retirement Living. New stewards are trained by the union. If you wish to know more about the roles and responsibilities of stewards, please contact our office. The deadline for nominations is 5:00 pm, Monday, November 14th 2022 The nomination form (attached) must be used. The deadline for submission to the area ...
Bargaining Update
As you know from our recent bargaining update bulletin, negotiations have broken down.
Vantage has made highly concessionary proposals that would take employees backwards, including:
Clawing-back the new National Day for Truth and Reconciliation paid holiday and not automatically adding new federal holidays to the contract
Taking away 11 days off in lieu of paid holidays curr...
To: All BCGEU Members at Burquitlam Senior Housing Society (L.J. Christmas Manor)
Re: Collective Agreement Ratification Result for L.J. Christmas Manor
We are pleased to announce that employees at L.J. Christmas Manor have voted 100% in favour of ratifying the tentative agreement!
The renewed collective agreement is now in effect as of October 20, 2022. While the new collective agreement do...
Since negotiations resumed at the end of September, the HSPBA Bargaining Committee has been working to advance measures to address recruitment, retention, staffing shortages and workload issues, which drive so many of the serious issues affecting the public health care system, the people who depend on it, and the professionals who keep it running.The employer remains resistant to covering the f...
We met with the employer on October 18th and 19th. We are currently discussing monetary proposals. At this point, the parties have some significant differences in their respective proposals.Your committee is very focused and working hard on your behalf to reach a fair and reasonable agreement with the employer.We will be meeting with the employer again but we don't have any confirmed dates as o...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 18, 2022B.C.'s public service members ratify collective agreementBURNABY, B.C. – Over a two-week voting period, members of the BCGEU's (BC General Employees' Union) public service bargaining unit voted 53.4 per cent in favour of the tentative agreement reached with B.C.'s Public Service Agency (PSA) on September 6. More than 71 per cent of eligible members voted in ...
The newly ratified agreement is now in effect as the 19th Main Agreement between the B.C. Public Service Agency and the BC General Employees' Union
The previous public service agreement – the 18th Main Agreement – took effect April 1, 2019 and expired on March 31, 2022.
The BCGEU is the only union covered by this agreement.
Employer: Public Service Agency
BCGEU members covered: approximatel...
Your renewed collective agreement for AgeCare is now available on the BCGEU collective agreements website. We are placing an order for printed collective agreement booklets for members, which will be distributed at worksites by union stewards once they are ready.In Solidarity,Ryan StewartStaff Representative, Negotiations DepartmentDownload PDF of notice here
UWU/MoveUP
WHAT: Members of the BC General Employees' Union's (BCGEU) public service bargaining unit have ratified a new collective agreement with the provincial government.
The deal was ratified by a vote of 53.4% with over 71% of eligible members voting.Voting on the tentative agreement was open for two weeks, closing at 5 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 2022. The tentative deal was reached in early Septemb...
We are pleased to confirm the details of the ratification information meeting and vote and to provide the complete ratification document you'll be voting on for LJ Christmas Manor.
Ratification Information Meeting
A ratification information meeting will be held at the worksite as follows:
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
1pm to 3:30pm
Note for employees working at the time: The Employer has agreed to...
The Union and the Employer met on October 12 & 13, 2022 and have both presented their monetary proposals. There are some significant differences between the Union's proposals and the Employer's proposals. Your committee will be working hard to prepare for the next round of bargaining. The parties will meet again on December 13, 14 & 15, 2022. We will provide an update again at that time...
The Ministry of Health has announced a plan to end single site staffing on December 31, 2022 in all facilities currently covered by those orders.This means that if you are currently restricted to working at one worksite (or a cluster) you will be able to work anywhere you wish after December 31, 2022.The government has committed to continue Wage Levelling so your pay rate will continue to match...
The member unions of the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with B.C.'s health employers. The BCGEU is one of nine members of the FBA covering more than 60,000 workers in hospitals, care homes, logistics and supply facilities and other settings within B.C.'s health care system. The vote passed by 64 per cent. The agreement is retroactive ...
Please be advised that the following members have been acclaimed as Union Stewards at your worksite:
Holley Gabara
Bailee Miles
Roshni Singh Local 2004 ChairVyas SaranStaff Representative
Download PDF of notice hereUWU/MoveUP
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the local executive:
Treasurer
The term is three years. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is available from your area office.
The deadline for nominations is: Friday, October 28, 2022Nominations submitted by fax, email or mail must be received by: 5:00 pm Friday October 28, 2022.The BCGEU nomination form (...
Your BCGEU bargaining committee and Vantage met on October 6, 2022 to continue negotiations to renew the collective agreement. At our last bargaining session in April, your union committee tabled its monetary proposals. Our monetary proposals reflected the priorities you identified for us, including keeping up with the cost of living and helping you get ahead, improving health and welfare benef...
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