NEWS & UPDATES
August 25, 2022
Burquitlam Senior Housing Society (L.J. Christmas Manor) - Bargaining Bullet...
Due to a conflicting obligation unexpectedly arising for the staff negotiator, the parties have rescheduled their late-August bargaining sessions to September 14th. Your bargaining committee will continue to press for a fair deal that protects your wages against rising costs and puts you ahead. We are optimistic that we will reach a tentative agreement on that day. You can expect a further upda...
August 25, 2022
Members at The Salvation Army - Harbour Light ARC - ONE MORE DAY TO VOTE FOR...
This is an important notice. Please consider having someone translate it for you.这是一份重要通知。请考虑请人为您翻译。ਇਹ ਇਕ ਜ਼ਰਰੂ ੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਹ।ੈ ਕਕਰਪਾ ਕਰਕ ੇ ਕਕਸ ੇ ਤ ੋੋ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਬਾਰ ੇ ਕਵਚਾਰ ਕਰ ।Ito ay isang mahalagang paunawa. Mangyaring pag-isipang ipa-translate ito para sa iyo
Friends,This is a reminder that voting for the tentative settlement to renew your collective agreement is happening now. Tomorrow...
August 25, 2022
BC Ambulance Service Schedulers and Port Folio Clerks (1867 W Broadway) - Cal...
Nominations are now open for two shop stewards and one alternate stewardat your worksite.This is an opportunity to be a workplace leader.
Please see your worksite union board for nomination forms if you want to nominate a co-worker or become a steward. The union provides training to support you in your new role!
Nominations will close at 5:00 pm, September 2, 2022. Send completed nomination for...
August 24, 2022
Contract talks to resume - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
After pausing negotiations on Friday, August 12, to show support for the strike action taken by BCGEU members working for the Public Service Agency (PSA), collective bargaining will resume on Thursday, August 25 between the nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC).Protecting health care workers’ wages against rising costs is key to th...
August 23, 2022
Members at Valleyhaven Retirement Community Ltd. - Bargaining Committee Resul...
Nominations have now closed for bargaining committee at Valleyhaven Retirement Community Ltd. and we are pleased to announce the following members have been acclaimed and will represent you in the upcoming round of negotiations:
Bargaining Committee Chair Pamela Conroy
Bargaining Committee Member Jaclyn Smith
Bargaining Committee Member Patti Ozeroff
Bargaining Committee...
August 23, 2022
BCGEU accepts government offer to return to the bargaining table - BC General...
BCGEU accepts government offer to return to the bargaining table(BURNABY, B.C.) Late last night the Public Service Agency (PSA) invited the BCGEU's Public Service Bargaining Committee back to the table to resume talks. The bargaining committee has accepted that invitation. Bargaining is expected to resume soon, but logistics are still being confirmed.This is a significant development, and it is...
August 22, 2022
All BCGEU Health Science Professionals Members in Local 402 - Health Science ...
The following person has been elected from local 402 to sit as a delegate on the Health Science Professionals Sectoral Council:
402 – Marcela Mrnka
Congratulations to Marcela. In solidarity, Michelle McAuleyStaff Representative – NegotiationsDownload PDF of notice here
UWU/MoveUP
August 22, 2022
The Royal Pacifica Retirement Residence - Common Employer Application and B...
As you know from a previous bulletin, the Union applied to the Labour Relations Board (LRB) late last year to have the five Sienna Senior Living employers of BCGEU members declared a common employer. This process is ongoing. In the meantime, your bargaining committee agreed that the staff negotiator should initiate discussions with the Employer to renew the collective agreement. After months of...
August 22, 2022
BCGEU escalates job action by declaring an overtime ban in the B.C. Public Se...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 22, 2022 BCGEU escalates job action by declaring an overtime ban in the B.C. Public ServiceBURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – The bargaining committee representing 33,000 BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) members in the B.C. Public Service is escalating job action by declaring a ban on non-emergency overtime for BCGEU members working in the B.C. public ser...
August 19, 2022
Members at The Salvation Army - Harbour Light ARC - Ratification Document and...
Friends,
Attached to this bulletin are two documents:
Ratification Document that shows each proposed change to your collective agreement, and
Comprehensive Report that explains each change. The comprehensive report has been translated into Filipino, Punjabi and Simplified Chinese.
Translated documents are attached below
Please review these documents carefully as it will be the changes shown...
August 19, 2022
Members at The Salvation Army - Harbour Light ARC - Member meetings and vote ...
This is an important notice. Please consider having someone translate it for you.
这是一份重要通知。请考虑请人为您翻译。
ਇਹ ਇਕ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਹੈ। ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਤ ੋਂ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਬਾਰੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰ ।
Ito ay isang mahalagang paunawa. Mangyaring pag-isipang ipa-translate ito para sa iyo
Friends,
We are writing to tell you that we will be sending each of you two documents that will explain the proposed changes t...
August 18, 2022
Harbour Light ARC - MEMBER MEETINGS, VOTING, RUMOURS - BC General Employees' ...
This is an important notice. Please consider having someone translate it for you.这是一份重要通知。请考虑请人为您翻译。ਇਹ ਇਕ ਜ਼ਰਰੂ ੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਹ।ੈ ਕਕਰਪਾ ਕਰਕ ੇ ਕਕਸ ੇ ਤ ੋੋ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਬਾਰ ੇ ਕਵਚਾਰ ਕਰ ।Ito ay isang mahalagang paunawa. Mangyaring pag-isipang ipa-translate ito para sa iyo
Friends,MEMBER MEETINGS AND VOTINGThis is a reminder that the member meetings and vote for the renewal of your collective agreeme...
August 15, 2022
BCGEU begins job action - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – The BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) public service bargaining unit will begin targeted job action at select BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution centres at 3:30 pm today after issuing strike notice on Friday, August 12.
Picket lines will go up at the following locations:
Delta Distribution Centre (DDC) – 7003 72nd Street, Delta...
August 15, 2022
Facilities negotiations on pause after several weeks of productive talks - BC...
The multi-union facilities bargaining committee will be taking a break from talks after logging six months of bargaining for a new collective agreement. Despite strong momentum at the bargaining table, the FBA unions are pausing negotiations to show support to BCGEU members who issued 72-hours strike notice to their employer, the Public Service Agency (PSA) on Friday afternoon. 72-hours strike ...
August 15, 2022
BCGEU members at LDB distribution centres provincewide begin job action Monda...
BCGEU members will set up picket lines at 3:30 Monday at four BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution centres.
The job sites involved are:
Delta Distribution Centre
Kamloops Distribution Centre
Richmond Distribution Centre
Victoria Wholesale Centre
Only the BC LDB distribution sites listed above will be picketed.
Who else is picketing:
workers at the Wholesale Customer Centr...
August 12, 2022
BCGEU issues 72-hours’ strike notice: job action begins Monday, Aug. 15 - BC ...
Today, our union issued 72-hours’ strike notice to the Public Service Agency (PSA). This notice covers the 33,000 members of the public service bargaining unit who work for direct government. We will be in a legal strike position on Monday, Aug. 15 at 2:46 p.m. Keep an eye on your email for details on targeted sites to be picketed. A general message will be sent out on Monday morning. If your s...
August 12, 2022
BCGEU serves strike notice on provincial government - BC General Employees' U...
BCGEU serves strike notice on provincial governmentBURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – The bargaining committee representing 33,000 members of the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) who work for the provincial government issued 72-hours' strike notice this afternoon. The B.C. public service bargaining unit will be in a legal position to take job action as of 2:46 p.m., Monday, August 15...
August 08, 2022
Burquitlam Senior Housing Society (L.J. Christmas Manor) - BC General Employe...
Bargaining Bulletin #4: Monetary, Delays, and New Bargaining Dates
Your bargaining committee and employer met in negotiations on May 12th, and your bargaining committee met on May 26th to review its positions on all outstanding union and employer proposals. The parties met in negotiations again on June 20th and 24th. The June 24th bargaining session ended with the BCGEU proposing a complete set...
August 05, 2022
Bargaining continues with a focus on wages and compensation - BC General Empl...
This past week the multi-union committee continued to push your employer(s) for a fair compensation package that will protect your wages against rising costs. We want to see a compensation package that puts members ahead while also addressing historic and unfair wage cuts that have undermined the principle of pay equity for members. Starting with over 200 proposals, your committee has worked di...
August 04, 2022
All BCGEU Members at Well Being Services (NSV) Ltd. - Nominations Open for Na...
The previous round of negotiations in June didn’t result in any nominees to replace the bargaining committee member who resigned because she is off work. Since then, your other bargaining committee member, Karen Dalton, resigned from the committee for personal reasons. Call for Nominations Nominations are now open for a new bargaining committee to work with the staff negotiator on renewal of th...
August 03, 2022
All Laboratory Technical Assistants at LifeLabs (Local 403) - Temporary Labor...
Over the last three weeks, LifeLabs has engaged your Joint Labour Management Committee (JLMC) in discussions around the creation of a new classification to assist with pre and post analytical duties in some Analytical Departments in response to a severe shortfall in recruiting MLTs.
The initial proposal would have seen three positions titled Laboratory Technician be posted for high-volume chemi...
August 03, 2022
BCGEU Members at Salvation Army Harbour Light Detox - Application to The Heal...
Friends,
A brief update to advise that your Employer has applied to HEABC for membership and that it hopes to receive a response this week. Once we know HEABC's response, we will be able to determine next steps and provide you with more information. Look for an additional update sometime next week or the week following.
In Solidarity,
Zoe Towle, Staff Rep, Negotiations
Download PDF of notice h...
August 02, 2022
Lifelabs Members - Your One Time Option to Join the BC Target Benefit Pension...
Below are the questions BC Target Benefit Pension Plan staff have received from Life Labs members, along with the responses provided.
1. If I join the BC Target Benefit Pension Plan, can I transfer the balance in my current pension plan into the BC Target Benefit Pension Plan?
No. If you join the BC Target Benefit Pension Plan, contributions will stop being made to your current plan and...
August 02, 2022
Wages, compensation dominate FBA bargaining discussions last week - BC Genera...
Progress continues to be made on key collective agreement priorities after three days of negotiations at the facilities bargaining table last week. The multi-union committee is making good progress, but there is still work to do on the key issue of fair compensation – including wage increases – in order to address the increasing cost of living. Last week we countered the employer's wages and co...
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