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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.

 

NEWS & UPDATES

October 03, 2022

Facilities e-voting open-final session - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

Voting on our new tentative agreement has now opened, and we will be holding one final information meeting this evening.  Voting  This morning you should have received an email from Simply Voting Online Election Systems ([email protected]) with a link to vote online and your unique voting credential.  Voting will close on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 8:00 P.M. PDT. Results of the vote wil...

September 29, 2022

Learn, Reflect and Participate in the National Day for Truth and Reconciliati...

  Tomorrow is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and union encourages all members to take the day to learn, reflect and participate in events going on in our communities.  Learn and Reflect - Reconciliation is an ongoing process, and in addition to the events that are occurring tomorrow, our union has gathered a variety of resources including suggestions of some Indigenous business...

September 28, 2022

Health Facilities - Tentative agreement highlights - BC General Employees' Un...

In follow up to yesterday's bulletin, please see this tentative agreement highlights document with additional highlights specific to BCGEU members. Again, full details of what was negotiated are available in the comprehensive report on the tentative agreement [here]. The wage calculator is available here. For details on voting and ratification information meetings, see yesterday's bulletin here...

September 27, 2022

Health Facilities - Ratification info sessions, vote schedule - BC General Em...

After reaching a tentative agreement earlier this month, our committee would now like to present the agreement to the membership for a vote. Full details of what was negotiated are available in the comprehensive report on the tentative agreement [here] and highlights include: Wage increases of up to 14.6% to 14.9% over the next 18 months for most members. (See the FBA wage calculator here). Re...

September 27, 2022

Steward Nominations at all Interior Health Authority Sites in local 407 - BC ...

Nominations are now open for shop stewards. BCGEU shop stewards are the front-line workers' representatives in the workplace and are the best conduit of communication between members and the union office. Stewards provide a vital role in keeping the union office informed about members' concerns.If you are interested or know of anyone who might be interested, please arrange to complete the attac...

September 22, 2022

Local 403 - BC Ambulance Service Schedulers and Port Folio Clerks at 1867 W ...

Steward nominations closed on September 2, 2022. We are pleased to announce Andres Stephens, Christian Newlands and Jasmine O'Neill (alternate) have been acclaimed for the positions of shop steward.Please join us in welcoming Andres, Christian and Jasmine in their role as worksite shop stewards. Thank you to all those that participated in the process.  In solidarity Mahen Ramdharry, Local 403 C...

September 22, 2022

Local 408 - Worksite Visits in Cranbrook and Kimberley - BC General Employees...

Local 408 Chairperson, Eleine Gordon and one of your Local 408 Shop Stewards, will be conducting worksites visits as scheduled below; as part of your Union's ongoing outreach to the membership: Friday, September 23, 2022 Cranbrook: Health Unit / Rocky Mountain Lodge 10:00 a.m.Dr Green Memorial Home 10:45 a.m.Tamarack Cottage (Mental Health) 11:15 a.m.East Kootenay Addiction Services Society (E...

September 21, 2022

Comprehensive report available - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

As you know, our committee and union partners reached a tentative agreement earlier this month covering more than 60,000 health care workers in the facilities subsector. Under this tentative agreement, members will see a significant boost in their pay over the next 18 months. Most will see wage increases of 14.6% to 14.9% under the maximum cost of living adjustment (COLA) triggers we've negotia...

September 15, 2022

Burquitlam Senior Housing Society (L.J. Christmas Manor) - Tentative Agreeme...

We are pleased to report that your BCGEU bargaining committee and Burquitlam Senior Housing Society reached a tentative settlement of a renewed collective agreement yesterday. This agreement contains significant gains for members.  Tentative Agreement HighlightsHighlights of the agreement include:- Term of April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2025- General wage increases of 15.7% over the life of the agr...

September 13, 2022

Well Being Services Ltd. - Pre-Bargaining Bulletin #1: Preparations Underway ...

Your bargaining committee has been actively preparing to negotiate renewal of the collective agreements for all nine Well Being Services Ltd. / Retirement Concepts sites represented by the BCGEU. In July, the bargaining committee members from your worksite spent three days carefully reviewing your entire collective agreement as a first step in preparing proposals for the negotiating table. In l...

September 09, 2022

Local 402 Interim Nomination for Local Executive - BC General Employees' Unio...

Nominations are now open for the following positions on the local executive: Chairperson 2nd Vice Chairperson Treasurer Member at Large Young Worker   The term is three years. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is attached. The deadline for nominations is: 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 30, 2022. If an election is needed the method will be by electronic voting. Can...

September 08, 2022

Facilities tentative agreement tackles rising costs, staffing crisis and burn...

The agreement secures major investments to attract and retain workers including an expanded Health Care Access Program (HCAP) and $4.5 million in funding to the FBA Education Fund.The tentative agreement builds on the unions' historic work to undo the damage of years of privatization by the former BC Liberal government, with a commitment to bring in contracted support services workers at Fraser...

September 07, 2022

BCGEU reaches tentative agreement in B.C. public service bargaining - BC Gene...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 7, 2022BCGEU reaches tentative agreement in B.C. public service bargainingVICTORIA, B.C. –Following more than seven months of negotiations and a historic job action that lasted almost two weeks, the BC General Employees' Union's (BCGEU) public service bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government's B.C.'s Public Service Agen...

September 02, 2022

Health Facilities (FBA) Tentative agreement reached - BC General Employees' U...

The nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA), representing more than 60,000 hospital and long-term care workers in B.C., reached a tentative agreement late last night with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC).The three-year agreement includes significant compensation improvements as well as a number of measures to tackle serious staffing shortages and worker burnout. We've s...

September 02, 2022

Wage Adjustment for Members at Salvation Army Harbour Light Detox - BC Genera...

Friends, I am writing to advise that your employer's application for membership in the HEABC remains under consideration by the HEABC. But further to my August 12, 2022, update I am very pleased to report that the Salvation Army Harbour Light Detox and BCGEU have agreed to adjust your wages to match the April 1, 2021, Community Bargaining Association Agreement (CBA) wage rates (this is the curr...

September 01, 2022

Fraser Health-Scott Road Mental Health - Worksite Visit - BC General...

Your Local 404 Chairperson Roshni Singh and executive members Kim Brown and Pooja Kumar will be conducting a worksite visit on September 7th from 2:30pm until 4:00pm in the group room. Please come by and say "Hello". We look forward to seeing you all then.In Solidarity,Roshni Singh, Local 404 Chairperson Nicki Pearson, Staff RepresentativeDownload PDF of notice here UWU/MoveUP

September 01, 2022

Fraser Health Delta Health Protection office - Worksite Visit - BC General E...

Your Local 404 Chairperson Roshni Singh and Executive Members Kim Brown and Pooja Kumar will be conducting a worksite visit on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, from 11:30am until 1:00pm in the 2nd floor boardroom.    Please come by to say "Hello." We look forward to seeing you all then.   In Solidarity,   Roshni Singh, Local 404 Chairperson Nicki Pearson, Staff Representative Download PDF of notic...

September 01, 2022

HCN-Revera Lessee Fleetwood - Your ratification payment and wage levelling - ...

IMPORTANT NOTICE – ACTION REQUIRED  Friends,It has come to my attention that some of you have not received your ratification payment or that it is incorrect. It seems that some of you may have never been wage levelled which seems to be coming to light as we are following up as to why some members have not received their ratification payment. We are looking into this and have reached out to your...

September 01, 2022

HCN Revera Lessee Whitecliff - Your ratification payment and wage levelling -...

IMPORTANT NOTICE – ACTION REQUIRED  Friends,It has come to my attention that some of you have not received your ratification payment or that it is incorrect. It seems that some of you may have never been wage levelled which seems to be coming to light as we are following up as to why some members have not received their ratification payment. We are looking into this and have reached out to your...