NEWS & UPDATES
November 02, 2021
New poll shows British Columbians support investing in B.C. wildfire fighters...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 2, 2021 New poll shows British Columbians support investing in B.C. wildfire fightersBURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – A new Research Co. poll on wildfires in B.C. commissioned by the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) reveals that half of British Columbians have been personally impacted by wildfires, 85% believe more should be done to prepare for and pre...
October 29, 2021
Call for Local 404 Delegates for Health Science Professionals Sectoral Counci...
The BCGEU has created a Health Science Professionals Sectoral Council to address the specific concerns of the 2,200 Health Science Professionals working in BC Health Authorities.
We are seeking one delegate from Local 404 who is interested in being part of this Council.
Duties of the Delegate will include:
Attend Meetings - the council will meet at least once a year and through conference call...
October 28, 2021
LifeLabs - Tentative agreement - BCGEU
We're pleased to be able to share the details of our tentative agreement with all of you.
We've put together two documents for you:
a comprehensive report of all the changes we agreed to [read it here]
the full ratification document [read it here]
You can also calculate what your new wage rates in the calculator below.
We will be holding a series of information sessions by classification over...
October 28, 2021
Final Collective Agreement available for Guildford Seniors Village (Well-Bein...
Friends,
We have completed the process of updating your renewed collective agreement and have secured the signatures of all parties to the agreement.
It is available at any time at the link below:
Your Collective Agreement
Many thanks to the Bargaining Committee and activists at Guildford Seniors Village for their hard work!
In Solidarity,
Richard TonesStaff RepresentativeNegotiations Depar...
October 27, 2021
Bargaining for Retirement Concepts (Well Being Services Ltd.) - BCGEU
Common-Table BargainingAround this time last year, the BCGEU announced it succeeded in bringing members at nine Retirement Concepts (Well Being Services Ltd.) sites to a common bargaining table for future collective agreement negotiations. This bulletin explains next steps as we prepare for common-table bargaining.The nine sites that will bargain together are:
Auburn Seniors Village, Chilliwac...
October 27, 2021
HCN-Revera Lessee (Parkwood Manor) - Bargaining Bulletin #1 – Reporting Progr...
Your bargaining committee for Parkwood Manor and the Employer have so far met for five days to negotiate your first collective agreement.
The parties have made good progress on most non-monetary proposals and are now in the early stages of negotiating monetary matters, including wages, etc.
We are looking to schedule additional bargaining dates for as soon as possible in November and will provi...
October 26, 2021
Vantage Living Inc. - Nominations Open Again for New Bargaining Committee - B...
Following the sale of Vantage Living's long-term care residences, a new bargaining committee is required to represent members at Vantage's remaining assisted and independent living residences: Kiwanis Manor in West Vancouver, Lakeside Manor in Salmon Arm and Maeford Place in Quesnel. This is a second call for nominations.
Nominations are now open for a bargaining committee to negotiate renewal ...
October 26, 2021
Lynnwood Retirement Residence - Bargaining Update - BCGEU
Your bargaining committee has met on several occasions to prepare for bargaining a new collective agreement with the employer.
The parties will be meeting on November 4th and 5th to start the process.
We will be dealing with non-monetary issues first and then will move on to monetary ones.
We will provided updates throughout the process.
If you did not receive this notice on your personal email...
October 26, 2021
CLC Winter School 2022 - BCGEU
Winter School 2022 will be taking place in-person! We are so excited that our communities will be able to come together, to learn and discuss with peers and colleagues at the upcoming Winter School. As we continue to work with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) on updating you with further details, please complete your registration application form to express your interest in attending. Please ...
October 25, 2021
Highlights of our deal with info sessions to come - BCGEU
As you know, we reached a deal with the employer in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Because of your commitment and solidarity, we achieved significant gains in the areas you told us were important to you.
Here are the highlights of our tentative agreement with LifeLabs:
Three-year agreement
A $1250 signing bonus for all active employees to be paid out within 30 days of ratification. This in...
October 24, 2021
BCGEU members at LifeLabs reach tentative agreement – vote to go to membershi...
BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) members working at LifeLabs have reached a tentative agreement with their employer in the early hours of Sunday, October 24. The member bargaining committee is consolidating details of the tentative agreement for presentation to members on Monday. Following details being shared, BCGEU members at LifeLabs will vot...
October 24, 2021
We reached a deal with LifeLabs - details to follow - BCGEU
We negotiated with the employer until the early hours of the morning and have reached a tentative agreement.
We're going to send out a bulletin on Monday with more details but we wanted you to know as soon as possible that we reached a deal.
In addition to the highlights that we'll send you tomorrow, you'll also get a chance to see all the new changes to the agreement before you vote on rat...
October 22, 2021
Members under the Health Services and Support Facilities Subsector (FBA) Agre...
Pre-Bargaining Bulletin #1: Bargaining Committee for FBA
Delegates to the BCGEU's FBA bargaining conference met in Vancouver on October 15th and 16th to start preparing for negotiations. This included selecting the BCGEU's seven voting members for the FBA bargaining committee. (The other constituent unions of the FBA will have the following number of voting members, based on each union's relati...
October 22, 2021
1,550 BCGEU members launch job action against LifeLabs - BCGEU
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 22, 2021 1,550 BCGEU members launch job action against LifeLabs BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) –B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) members working at LifeLabs across B.C. will commence job action at 7:00 p.m., Friday, October 22. The union served 72-hours strike notice on Wednesday, October 19 after several months of negotiations failed to secure a new...
October 21, 2021
Lifelabs - Get the facts about our strike action - BCGEU
As you know, we delivered 72-hour strike notice to the employer yesterday at 7pm. That means that the first stage of our job action will begin this Friday, October 22 at 7pm. We’ll be employing a strategy of escalating strike action. The first phase will include members engaging in work-to-rule and an overtime ban. An overtime ban means that we will refuse to work voluntary overtime offered by ...
October 20, 2021
Elim Christian Care Society - Bargaining Update - BCGEU
Your Bargaining Committee met with the Employer for our first day on October 19, 2021 and we have an additional date scheduled for November 17, 2021.
It was a positive exchange in terms of non-monetary, however we have yet to discuss the monetary proposals we provided the employer.
We are seeking additional dates with the employer and will update the membership once more information becomes ava...
October 20, 2021
LifeLabs workers issue 72-hour strike notice - BCGEU
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 20, 2021 LifeLabs workers issue 72-hour strike notice BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – Members of the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) have issued 72-hour strike notice to LifeLabs as of 7:00 p.m., October 19, 2021. This action follows several months of negotiations, 30 days at the bargaining table and eight days of mediation. The main outstanding iss...
October 19, 2021
Call for Local 407 Delegates for Health Science Professionals Sectoral Counci...
The BCGEU has created a Health Science Professionals Sectoral Council to address the specific concerns of the 2,200 Health Science Professionals working in BC Health Authorities.
We are seeking one delegate from Local 407 who is interested in being part of this Council.
Duties of the Delegate will include:
Attend Meetings - the council will meet at least once a year and through conferenc...
October 19, 2021
Health Science Professional (HSP) Bargaining Committee Announcement - BCGEU
Ballots have been counted, and we are pleased to announce the following members have been elected to the HSP Component 4 bargaining committee:
Vancouver Island
Regular
Cina Opel (Chair local 402 and C4 PE member)
Alternate
Peter Carter (Local 402)
Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley
Regular
Tim Little (Chair local 404 and acting chair HSP council member)
Alternate
Andrea Johnson (Recording Sec...
October 19, 2021
Cerwydden and Piccadilly Seniors Communities - Announcing the New Bargaining ...
After the close of nominations, Maude Joe has been acclaimed to your bargaining committee to represent Cerwydden.She will join Bargaining Committee Member Laurie Johnson to represent BCGEU members in bargaining.
If you work at Piccadilly Seniors Community and are interested in being involved in bargaining, please contact Staff Representative Sheila Matthen at [email protected].
Your barga...
October 18, 2021
Our Pressure is working - BCGEU
Things are moving quickly now but our pressure is clearly working. As we approach potential job action we expected the employer to engage in intimidation tactics to break our solidary. We are hearing from some members this is already happening so we need to stay strong. If the employer asks about your feelings about a strike, remember that you aren’t obligated to respond – or you can also remin...
October 15, 2021
BCGEU Members at The Salvation Army Harbour Light - RATIFICATION DOCUMENT AND...
This bulletin will outline the changes proposed in the offer to settle from your employer that you will be voting on in the coming weeks. All information for the ratification meeting, vote, and potential job action is below.
IF THIS AGREEMENT IS REJECTED YOU WILL BE GOING ON STRIKE. FULL DETAILS ON STRIKE WILL FOLLOW THE DETAILS ON RATIFICATION.
The bargaining committee is not endorsing this s...
October 14, 2021
Lifelabs - We’re at impasse with the employer - BCGEU
After seven days of mediation, your bargaining committee has reached impasse with our employer. We are continuing to negotiate essential service levels this week to determine who will be allowed to participate in job action. You elected your bargaining committee to negotiate on all our behalf and we have been working hard from the beginning to move the employer from their initial position. Thei...
October 14, 2021
BC Parks OHS Reps, September 22 meeting follow-up - BCGEU
You’re receiving this email as an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) member representative within BC Parks. Please forward this email to other BC Parks worker OHS reps that did not receive it, and let them know they can update their contact information with the BCGEU here.A big thanks to all who joined our September 22 meeting of BC Parks OHS worker reps. We had a very good turnout, and there...
October 12, 2021
Members at Fleetwood Villa - DEADLINE FOR BARGAINING COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS EX...
You can now submit nominations for Bargaining Committee Member (2 seats) until Sunday, October 17 at 11:59pm. Note that there are now two seats available on the bargaining committee.These positions will be elected through online voting so make sure your Union has your current email address by logging into your Member Portal here.Each nominee may submit one page of biographical information, endo...
October 12, 2021
BCGEU recommendations for Budget 2022 - BCGEU
Each year, the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) offers input into next year's provincial budget by making recommendations in a written submission to the B.C. government's Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. These recommendations reflect the voice of our union's 80,000 members, based on direct input from the BCGEU's senior elected leadership.Last week, our union pr...
October 08, 2021
All BCGEU Members at AgeCare - Pre-Bargaining Bulletin #5: Ready for Negotiat...
At the time of the partial sale of Vantage Living Inc. to AgeCare on August 1, 2021, your former Vantage bargaining committee became your new AgeCare bargaining committee. Since then, your committee has continued to develop and refine bargaining proposals and its preparation is now nearly complete. We reached out to AgeCare in August to try to schedule bargaining dates for as soon as possible. ...
October 07, 2021
Pro Vita Care – Westcana - Bargaining Committee Nominations - BCGEU
Due to two resignations from the bargaining committee, nominations are now open to fill:
Bargaining Committee Member – 1 seat – Cerwydden Seniors Community
Bargaining Committee Member – 1 seat – Piccadilly Seniors Community
This position will be elected through online voting, so please make sure your Union has your up-to-date email address by logging into your Member Portal here.
Nomination fo...
October 07, 2021
BCGEU Members at Fleetwood Villa - Bargaining Committee Nominations - BCGEU
Due to a resignation on the bargaining committee, nominations are now open for:
Bargaining Committee Member (1 seat)
These positions will be elected through online voting so make sure your Union has your current email address by logging into your Member Portal here. Each nominee may submit one page of biographical information, endorsements, or other campaign information (8 ½ x 11 sheet, black a...
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