NEWS & UPDATES
May 13, 2025
Lifelabs members - Update on delay, details coming soon - BC General Employee...
Members working at Lifelabs,
We want to thank you for your patience as we continue to wait for the mediator's recommendations that will make up our new collective agreement.
We know you are eager to see the details of our settlement and to see a resolution to this round of bargaining after a long strike – we share those feelings! While this process is taking longer than expected, things are mo...
May 09, 2025
Sienna-Baltic Assisted Living Common Table Bargaining Committee fully elected...
We are pleased to announce that Erlinda Frijas has been acclaimed to the bargaining committee from The Royale Peninsula and Diana Thuyen Tran and Van Anh Pham have been acclaimed to the bargaining committee from Sienna Living at Mayfair Terrace. The committee will meet soon to develop proposals and schedule dates for Bargaining. Your full committee is: Erlinda Frijas, Bargaining Committee Membe...
May 08, 2025
FBA bargaining update - May 8, 2025 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Two more days of talks were held in the first week of May between representatives of the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and the Health Employers Association of B.C. (HEABC), where proposals and counter proposals were exchanged for a renewed collective agreement covering 58,000 Facilities subsector members.On Tuesday and Wednesday, your FBA committee continued to put forward new monetar...
May 06, 2025
Congratulations to the 2025 BCGEU Scholarship Winners - BC General Employees'...
The BCGEU is pleased to support our 2025 scholarship recipients in their continuing education.
2025 BCGEU Scholarship Winners
Scholarships of $2,500 for full-time students and $1,500 for part-time students were awarded to members and their families across the province with a total of $130,000 awarded in total.
Winners will be mailed a letter with instructions on how to claim their scholarship....
April 30, 2025
Sienna-Baltic LTC Common Table - Bargaining Update - BC General Employees' Un...
Your bargaining committee has been hard at work for the last two days to achieve a collective agreement. We have agreed to some changes and have started to discuss monetary proposals but remain far apart. We may hold union information meetings later if required, however in the meantime we have scheduled more bargaining dates for June. If you have any questions, please contact your bargaining co...
April 29, 2025
HSPBA Bargaining Update - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
HSPBA Negotiations Update: Second round of talks complete Your bargaining committee for Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) contract members has wrapped up three days of negotiations with the employer which ran April 22-25. This is the second round of talks with the employer. Negotiations first began in March. At this early stage, talks are focusing on no...
April 28, 2025
BCGEU statement on Lapu Lapu Day tragedy - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
The BCGEU extends its deepest condolences to the families and communities who lost loved ones during the mass casualty incident at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival on April 26, 2025. Our thoughts are with the Filipino-Canadian community in B.C. and all that are impacted by this devastating act of violence.
In times like these, it is important to come together. We extend our deepest gratitude...
April 28, 2025
Remembering lives lost, recommitting to safer workplaces - BC General Employe...
Remembering lives lost and recommitting to safer workplaces: A message on Day of Mourning 2025
Every year on April 28, the Day of Mourning is recognized by people across Canada and around the world to remember those who have been injured, become ill or tragically died in needless workplace incidents.
In 2024, 195 people in B.C. died due to work. The impact of these workers' deaths – of the ...
April 23, 2025
All Members at Sherwood House in DuncanFinalized Collective Agreement - BC Ge...
The BCGEU and Sherwood House are pleased to confirm the 2024 – 2027 Collective Agreement has been finalized. Both parties are pleased with the results we were able to achieve together this round of bargaining. Attached is the newly signed Collective Agreement that expires March 31, 2027, and it can also be found on the BCGEU website with other Collective Agreements https://agreements.bcgeu.ca/....
April 23, 2025
Celebrating Administrative Professionals Day - BC General Employees' Union (B...
Dear Members, Today is Administrative Professionals Day - a special opportunity to recognize and celebrate the incredible contributions of administrative professionals across the BCGEU. You are the organizers, communicators, and problem-solvers who keep everything running smoothly. Whether you're managing schedules, coordinating teams, or being the first point of contact for the public, your ...
April 17, 2025
Members in Area 03 and Area 04 - Labour History Seminar - BC General Employee...
Venue: BCGEU - 4911 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 3W3 Date: Saturday May 3, 2025Time: 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm The Area 03 and 04 Cross Component Committees are putting on a Labour history seminar presented by Mark Leier. What is May Day? Why is it celebrated by workers around the world, but largely ignored as a day of workers' protest in North America? What is its...
April 17, 2025
Parkwood Manor - Parkwood Manor Collective Agreement Now Available - BC Gener...
The 2023-2026 Parkwood Manor collective agreement is now available on the BCGEU collective agreements website. Hard copies will be provided for distribution at the worksite once they have been printed. Questions about the content of your collective agreement may be directed to a worksite steward. In solidarity, Ryan Stewart, Staff Representative, Negotiations DepartmentDownload a PDF of this no...
April 16, 2025
403 BCGEU Members at BC Emergency Health Services (Logistics) - 5901 Delesall...
Your BCGEU Vice President of Component 4 - Health Services, Mahen Ramdharry, will be conducting a worksite visit on:
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PMLocation: 5901 Delesalle St. Burnaby, BC V5J 0G8
This is an opportunity to meet with representatives of your Union and to:
Address any workplace concerns or issues
Discuss priorities for bargaining
Receive a Union orientation...
April 16, 2025
403 BCGEU Members at BC Emergency Health Services (Logistics) – 5901 Delesall...
Call for Nominations for 2 Stewards2 Joint Labour Management (“JLM”) Committee Members2 Occupational Health and Safety (“OHS”) Representatives
Nominations are now open for 2 Stewards at your worksite, 2 Joint Labour Management ("JLM") Committee members, and 2 Occupational Health and Safety ("OHS") representatives.
This is an opportunity to be a workplace leader.
If you want to nominate a co-w...
April 16, 2025
WC Operating (British Columbia-1) LP, Operating as “The Dorchester” - The Do...
The 2023-2026 collective agreement for The Dorchester is now available on the BCGEU collective agreements website. Hard copies will be provided for distribution at the worksite once they have been printed. Questions about the content of your collective agreement may be directed to a worksite steward.
In solidarity,
Ryan Stewart, Staff Representative, Negotiations Department
Download PDF of bull...
April 14, 2025
Recognition of the nine-year anniversary of the opioid crisis as a public hea...
On April 14, 2016, the BC Provincial Health Officer declared a public health emergency around the significant increase in opioid-related overdose deaths. Since that time, we have all been impacted as the lives of over 16,000 people have been lost in our province. We have also seen the nature of the crisis evolve into one of mass drug poisoning among an unregulated supply, while our workers cont...
April 14, 2025
Media Release - LifeLabs workers and patients to deliver message to governmen...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 14, 2025
LifeLabs workers and patients to deliver message to government at legislature
BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – Bringing together striking LifeLabs workers and the patients that rely on them, the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) and the BC Health Coalition will be marching to the B.C. Legislature on Wednesday to deliver a message from thousands...
April 14, 2025
Applications Now Being Accepted for Reimbursement for 2025 Professional Dues ...
Our union is pleased to advise members covered by the HSPBA collective agreement that the application process for reimbursement of professional fees for 2025-an item negotiated in the 2022-2025 HSPBA collective agreement-is now open. Many health sciences professionals pay out of pocket for fees required by regulatory bodies or for voluntary membership dues to professional associations that help...
April 11, 2025
FBA Members - FBA bargaining update - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
FBA puts forward first set of monetary proposals, lead negotiator meets with PSEC Negotiations for the next Facilities subsector collective agreement resumed on April 7 between your Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) bargaining committee and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC).Over the two days of talks with the HEABC, your committee made proposals on several monetary provisions...
April 10, 2025
Media Release - BCGEU urges government to make good on announcement, bring Li...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 10, 2025BCGEU urges government to make good on announcement, bring LifeLabs into public systemBURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – The B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) applauds the provincial government's announcement today to move existing contracts away from U.S. suppliers in favour of supporting B.C. and Canadian businesses, but questions whether this al...
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