NEWS & UPDATES
March 01, 2019
2019 National Union scholarships - BCGEU
Click here for information about the BCGEU scholarship program.
The BCGEU is a component of the 390,000-member National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE). Our national union offers its own scholarships of $1,500 each that reflect its pursuit of equal opportunity for workers.
Applicants must be:
the children or grandchildren, or the foster children or the foster grandchildren, of me...
February 28, 2019
Well Being Services (Auburn Seniors Residence) - Tentative Agreement Ratifica...
The bargaining committee is pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Employer. The bargaining committee is conducting drop-in ratification meetings and vote on Wednesday, March 6, 2019: 2:00pm to 2:55pm for members starting work at 3:00pm, and 3:05pm to 4:00pm for members finishing their shift at 3:00pm.
Copies of the tentative agreement will be provided at the m...
February 28, 2019
BCGEU Demands Action to Improve Officer and Community Safety
The BCGEU is asking the B.C. Government to step in and take action to improve conditions in BC's adult correctional facilities. A report released this week by the Office of the Auditor General found that the Adult Custody Division of BC Corrections has failed to implement five of eight recommendations intended to improve the safety and effectiveness of BC's prisons.
"BC Corrections has had four...
February 26, 2019
Reminder – LifeLabs Steward Teleconference - BCGEU
This is a reminder of the Shop Stewards ONLY Teleconference (Conference Call).
LifeLabs Stewards TeleconferenceTuesday, March 5, 20196:30pm – 7:30 pm
Stewards please call in to: 1 (866) 562-0090 - Toll Free, Conference ID: 61916Please print and post at your worksites.In solidarity,Trish Dossett Labour Management Chair for the Union Chad BlackeyBCGEU Staff RepresentativeDownload PDF of notice ...
February 25, 2019
Local 0407 Executive Results - BCGEU
Please be advised a nomination has been received for the position of member-at-large (young worker). Your local executive is as follows:
Local Chairperson: Erica Sutherland1st Vice Chair: Deborah Wagner2nd Vice Chair: Florinda MagdayTreasurer: Denise HorwoodRecording Secretary: Shane StoddartMember-at-Large: Erika BelsheimMember-at-Large: Lance ValcourtMember-at-Large: Kelly VreeswijkMember-a...
February 22, 2019
How does BC Budget 2019 affect British Columbians? Read our analysis - BCGEU
Dear BCGEU members,
Last October I presented the BCGEU’s submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services as part of the public consultation for the 2019/20 provincial budget. Our submission outlined four priorities: address housing affordability and supply; rebuild the public services needed to support an effective poverty reduction strategy; protect B.C.’s enviro...
February 21, 2019
Amica at Somerset House -Nominations for two Bargaining Committee Members - ...
NOTICE of ELECTION
of
BARGAINING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Nominations are open for the position of bargaining committee member. Two positions are open. No previous experience in negotiations is required to be a member of the Bargaining Committee, but you must have a signed membership application card on file with the Union in order to run or vote in an election. As a bargaining committee member you wi...
February 21, 2019
Amica at Somerset House -Nominations for Bargaining Committee Chairperson
NOTICE of ELECTION
of
BARGAINING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON
Nominations are open for the position of bargaining committee chairperson. No previous experience in negotiations is required to be the Chairperson of the Bargaining Committee, but you must have a signed membership application card on file with the Union in order to run or vote in an election. As the Bargaining Committee Chairperson you wil...
February 21, 2019
Auburn Seniors Village -STRIKE VOTE RESULTS! - BCGEU
Many thanks everyone for coming out to yesterdays Auburn Seniors Village strike vote. 90% of the membership turned out to cast ballots, with 100% voting yes to potentially going on strike to get an agreement that fairly recognizes the important work that all of you do. Well done everyone!
Today your bargaining committee is in mediation with your employer, and they have let the employer know lou...
February 21, 2019
Local 404 Members at Elim Christian Care Society - Tentative Agreement Ratifi...
I am pleased to advise you that the members at Elim Christian Care Society voted to ratify the renewal collective agreement with a vote of 70% in favour of acceptance.
The next steps are for a draft collective agreement to be produced and proofed by the bargaining committee, union and the employer. Once the parties agree that the draft is accurate, the employer will process your wage increases...
February 19, 2019
Budget 2019: BCGEU praises prudent plan, vows to dig in to details - BCGEU
VICTORIA-The B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union is praising Budget 2019 as a prudent plan to clean up the messes left by the previous government, invest in critical public services, and prove that British Columbians don't need to choose between economic strength, environmental sustainability and the health, safety, and prosperity of their families and communities. But the union that r...
February 15, 2019
Component 4 - Health Science Professionals (HSP) - Bargaining update - BCGEU
The BCGEU and other unions in the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) have voted 82 per cent in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC). BCGEU health science professionals voted 93 per cent in favour of the agreement which includes a general wage increase for all members and addresses chronic issues that have aff...
February 14, 2019
Local 404 Auburn Seniors Village - Bargaining Update - BCGEU
AMENDED
TIME FOR STRIKE VOTE! - NEW STRIKE DATE
The day that many of you have been anticipating has finally arrived. We need to take a strike vote and potentially go on strike to get a contract that provides for real wage increases, employer paid health and welfare benefits, and retro-active pay. They are not willing to go there, but we are ready to fight for what we all deserve!
Talks with y...
February 14, 2019
Component 7’s Joanna Lord acclaimed to replace Sussanne Skidmore as Executive...
The BCGEU Provincial Executive has acclaimed Joanna Lord, Component 7 Vice President, to fill the Executive Vice President position left vacant when Sussanne Skidmore was elected Secretary Treasurer of the BC Federation of Labour in November.
"On behalf of the BCGEU I want to thank Sussanne for her years of service to our members, our union, and our movement," said BCGEU president Stephanie Smi...
February 13, 2019
Bargaining Update for Valleyhaven Retirement Community - BCGEU
Thank you to the members that were able to attend the membership meeting on February 11th. Your Bargaining Committee will be relying on your input from these important discussions and also from the surveys that you sent in as we develop our proposals to present to the employer. Over the next few days, members of your Bargaining Committee will be talking with members and asking for your opinion ...
February 13, 2019
Local 404 Union Meeting - BCGEU
DATE: Tuesday, March 5, 2019
TIME: 7:30 PM
PLACE: BCGEU Fraser Valley Area Office
Chehalis Room
AGENDA
Meet with your Local Executive
Open session with Health Science Professionals focus
In solidarityMarilyn McLeanLocal 404 ChairDownload PDF of notice here.
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February 12, 2019
BCGEU Office Closures - Feb 12 - BCGEU
Due to inclement weather, the following BCGEU offices will be closed on Tuesday, February 12:
Headquarters (Burnaby)
Victoria Area Office (Area 01 - Victoria)
North Island Area Office (Area 02 - Nanaimo)
Lower Mainland Area Office (Area 03 - Vancouver)
Fraser Valley Area Office (Area 04 - Langley)
Any further updates will be made on this website.
If you are a BCGEU member and need emergency s...
February 11, 2019
Health Facilities Subsector - Health facilities workers vote to ratify three-...
Nearly 44,000 health care workers represented by the multi-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) have voted 89 per cent in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement that includes important job security, health and safety, and compensation improvements.
The three-year deal reached with B.C.'s public health employers last December also restores contracting-out protections stripped by...
February 11, 2019
The BCGEU remembers and honours Art Kube’s legacy - BCGEU
Art Kube was born in Poland in 1935 and raised by a trade unionist mother, on her own along with two children, while his father was taken prisoner of war in the Soviet Union. He kicked off his life-long work to fight for workers' rights as an executive in the youth wing of the Metal Workers union before immigrating to Canada in 1953 as a nineteen-year-old.
Art wore many hats over the years, fro...