NEWS & UPDATES
May 25, 2021
All BCGEU Members at HCN-Revera Lessees (Parkwood Manor and Sunwood) - Pre-B...
Your bargaining committees for Parkwood Manor and Sunwood have begun preparations for negotiations with your employers for your first collective agreements. While each worksite technically has its own distinct bargaining committee, each of which will negotiate a separate collective agreement, the two committees will be working together at least through the pre-bargaining period. Over the next f...
May 25, 2021
May 2021 Safety Tip: Making a claim with WorkSafeBC - BCGEU
May 2021 Safety Tip: Making a claim with WorkSafeBCIf you are injured on the job, you should submit a claim to WorkSafeBC. This notice is to guide you through the process and inform you of the supports available to you through our union, the BCGEU.When should I file a claim?Experiencing an injury on the job can be a traumatic experience. You should submit a claim to WorkSafeBC as soon as possib...
May 21, 2021
Fleetwood Villa - Tentative Agreement Reached - BCGEU
Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative deal with your Employer to renew your collective agreement. Full details will be released soon, but we are happy to say that the deal includes a signing bonus and improvements to shift premiums starting January 1, 2022. Before this round of bargaining, BCGEU and Revera agreed to a common employer settlement that i...
May 21, 2021
Cascades Care Community - Ratification Vote Results - BCGEU
Congratulations! Your renewed collective agreement has ratified. Non-monetary changes to your collective agreement will come into effect immediately. Monetary changes will come into effect in 2 pay periods, except as otherwise noted in the collective agreement.
Next Steps:
We will work with your employer to finalize your renewed collective agreement. This process can take a long time, and we ap...
May 21, 2021
HCN-Revera Lessee (Parkwood Manor) - Bargaining Committee Election Results - ...
The following candidates have been elected by acclamation to your bargaining committee (listed alphabetically by first name):
Dana Hussey
Paula Holm
Sehi Jung
In the coming weeks, your bargaining committee and I will begin preparing for negotiations with the employer. This will include training in the process and pitfalls of bargaining, reviewing the feedback you have provided via survey resp...
May 20, 2021
BCGEU releases Investor Brief calling on Thomson Reuters (TSX, NYSE: TRI) to ...
Ahead of the Thomson Reuters (TSX, NYSE: TRI) annual meeting of shareholders on June 9, 2021 the BCGEU has released an Investor Brief about its shareholder proposal, raising concerns about human rights impacts at the Toronto-based company.
Historically a publishing business, Thomson Reuters's "Change Program" announced in 2021 will transition the company "from a content provider to a content-d...
May 20, 2021
Glass Lewis, influential proxy advisory firm, endorses Thomson Reuters human ...
Leading proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis has endorsed a human rights shareholder proposal at Thomson Reuters (TSX, NSE: TRI) in light of the company's work for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The proposal was put forward by the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) and is up for consideration at Thomson Reuters's 2021 annual general meeting on June 9, 2021.
Thomson...
May 20, 2021
Royale Peninsula - Membership Meeting on Ratification Results - BCGEU
Many members have approached the bargaining committee since the ratification meeting to ask questions about the tentative agreement reached with the Employer. Since the agreement failed to ratify, we would like to meet with you to answer questions about the agreement and about the possibility of job action, including a full strike.
We will be holding a membership meeting on Monday, May 24 betwe...
May 19, 2021
LifeLabs Special Meeting for BCGEU Techs/Molecular Members - BCGEU
Your Bargaining Committee has scheduled a Special Meeting for all LifeLabs Techs/Molecular as follows:
Date: Thursday, May 20th, 2021Time: 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Please join the Microsoft Teams meeting here:
Microsoft Teams meetingCheck your email or speak with a member of yourBargaining Committee for meeting participation details.
Please check with your co-workers to make sure they received this m...
May 19, 2021
Special Meeting for BCGEU LTA/Equipment Specialists Members - BCGEU
Your Bargaining Committee has scheduled a Special Meeting for all LifeLabs LTA/Equipment Specialists as follows:
Date: Thursday, May 20th, 2021Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Please join the Microsoft Teams meeting here:
Microsoft Teams meetingCheck your email or speak with a member of yourBargaining Committee for meeting participation details.
Please check with your co-workers to make sure they receiv...
May 19, 2021
Royale Peninsula - Ratification Vote Results - BCGEU
At the close of voting yesterday, members have voted not to accept the tentative agreement negotiated by your bargaining committee. The bargaining committee has spoken to members to hear your concerns and will be meeting to decide what actions to take.
Next Steps:
The Union has informed your Employer that the agreement has failed to ratify. Your collective agreement will remain as is, and none ...
May 19, 2021
Public Service Members with ‘on hold’ Classification Appeals - Update and Zo...
Members have expressed concerns about the length of time being taken to reactivate appeals that were placed on hold in the spring of 2020. The hold was due to a backlog of appeals dating back to 2011. At that time, after a period of trying to manage these older appeals as well as those being newly filed, both parties agreed to concentrate on the older appeals out of fairness to the appellants w...
May 18, 2021
All BCGEU Members at LifeLabs working in Mobile Lab Services positions - Spec...
Your Bargaining Committee has scheduled a Special Meeting for all LifeLabs Mobile Lab Services Positions as follows:
Date: Wednesday, May 19th, 2021Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Please join the Microsoft Teams meeting here:
Microsoft Teams meetingCheck your email or speak with a member of yourBargaining Committee for meeting participation details.
Please check with your co-workers to make sure they r...
May 18, 2021
LifeLabs - Special Meeting for BCGEU Technical Resources Members - BCGEU
Your Bargaining Committee has scheduled a Special Meeting for all LifeLabs Technical Resources Positions as follows:
Date: Wednesday, May 19th, 2021Time: 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Please join the Microsoft Teams meeting here:
Microsoft Teams meetingCheck your email or speak with a member of yourBargaining Committee for meeting participation details.
Please check with your co-workers to make sure they r...
May 17, 2021
Royale Peninsula Retirement Residence - Reminder to Vote for Your Renewed Col...
Reminder that voting will close on your renewed collective agreement tomorrow (Tuesday, May 18) at 5 p.m. You should already have received an email with your unique voting credentials to cast your ballot.
If you have not received voting credentials, please contact [email protected], or Sheila Matthen (Staff Representative) by calling 604-291-9611 or 1-800-663-1674 by Tuesday, May ...
May 14, 2021
BCGEU Members at Cascades Care Community - Highlights of Your Renewal Collect...
We are pleased to present a tentative agreement that will include improvements to shift differentials, Employer matched RRSPs, improvements for part-time and casual employees, and an increase to the sick leave banks.
We look forward to seeing you at the ratification meeting on Tuesday, May 18 between 1:30pm and 3:30pm and answering any questions about this agreement.
Ratification Document
The...
May 14, 2021
Whitecliff - News on bargaining - BCGEU
Your bargaining committee met with your Employer to continue bargaining your renewal collective agreement this week. We missed Roseanne Parsons, who couldn't join us this week, but she was able to provide some valuable input into the Care department. Thanks Roseanne!
We did have some productive discussions with your Employer, but they have a very different position on what your new collective a...
May 14, 2021
All BCGEU Members at LifeLabs - Membership Meetings – You're invited! - BCGEU
Your Bargaining Committee has received positive feedback from our remote meeting with the Courier members on May 6th. Many of you have reached out with requests for similar meetings to be arranged with your Bargaining Committee and other classification groupings. We have heard you and the following remote meetings have been scheduled: May 19: 7:00 – 8:00 pm Mobile Lab Services ...
May 14, 2021
All BCGEU Members at Sun Village Retirement Residence - Results of Ratificati...
Congratulations! Members at Sun Village have voted to accept the terms of the new collective agreement and BCGEU as their sole union.The agreement covers five years, expiring December 31, 2024 and includes increases to wages, an employer-matched RRSP program, increases to night shift premiums, and improvements for casual employees. Next steps:We have alerted your Employer, Compass Canada, that ...
May 13, 2021
Elim Christian Care Society - Bargaining Committee & Next Steps - BCGEU
Your Union received three nomination by the deadline and so your committee has been elected by acclamation. Your committee members in alphabetical order are:
Debra Bickerstaffe
Amrita Mahal
Arlyn Mariano
The committee will be meeting in the coming weeks to select a committee chairperson, receive training, and to decide how best to engage the membership to determine your priorities.
Please be ...
May 13, 2021
SECRETARY LEVEL 3 - Organizing (Temporary) - BCGEU
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May 13, 2021
POSITION: SECRETARY – ORGANIZING (Temporary)
GRADE: LEVEL 3 - MoveUP AGREEMENT
A secretary is required to perform secretarial and word processing functions for staff representatives in the Organizing department. Term of assignment is up to 5 months or return of incumbent.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties will include: proces...
May 12, 2021
Cascades Care Community - Ratification Meeting Information - BCGEU
The ratification meeting for your new collective agreement will be Tuesday, May 18. The meeting will be online due to public health restrictions. This will be your chance to ask questions about the changes to the collective agreement:
Date: Tuesday, May 18
Time: Drop in between 1:30pm and 3:30pm
Ratification highlights will be explained at 1:30 and 2:30, and members can ask questions at any tim...
May 10, 2021
All BCGEU Members at Royale Peninsula Retirement Residence - Notice of Ratifi...
This is a reminder that the ratification meeting for your collective agreement will be this Thursday. This will be the only meeting opportunity to ask questions about your collective agreement:
Date: Thursday, May 13
Time: Drop in between 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Ratification highlights will be explained at 2:30 and 3:30, and members can ask questions at any time.
Ho...
May 10, 2021
All Local 403 BCGEU Members at RainCity Housing & Support Society - Health Sc...
Nominations are now open for 2 (two) steward position at your worksite and will close on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union. Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to co-workers ab...
May 07, 2021
Lifelabs - Bargaining Bulletin #4 - Update - BCGEU
Following six days of negotiations with the employer, on April 27, 28 & 29 and May 3, 4 & 5, your Bargaining Committee is pleased to report progress in a number of areas. We have agreed on some language changes with our non-monetary proposals and conducted a lot of good discussion and dialogue with the employer.
Your Committee would like to thank those of you working at the PSCs that su...
May 07, 2021
Salvation Army Harbour Light - Update on bargaining BCGEU - BCGEU
Your bargaining committee met between April 26 and 28 to undergo bargaining training and develop proposals for the upcoming round of bargaining. The committee also elected as bargaining chair Monty Qureshi. Congratulations Monty!
The surveys you filled out will inform our priorities for bargaining. Thank you to everyone who filled out a survey. Please keep talking to your bargaining committee t...
May 06, 2021
Royale Peninsula Retirement Residence - Notice of Ratification Meeting and Vo...
Your bargaining committee is pleased to present the highlights of the tentative agreement reached with your Employer to renew your collective agreement that includes a signing bonus, an increase to the night shift premium, clarification of regular hours of work, and Employer paid sick notes.
This was a very difficult round of bargaining, especially since negotiations were conducted online, inst...
May 05, 2021
Your Worksite Stewards at RainCity Housing & Support Society - BCGEU
***PLEASE POST ON UNION BOARD***
This notice is to advise all BCGEU members at RainCity Housing & Support Society that the following people are the current shop stewards for your worksite:
Beshele Caron
Urs Dring
Heather Guthrie
Hanzl
Sean Harper
Odette Henwood
Courtney Kelly
Kimberly Luscombe
Shannon Nickel
Kevin Ramsay
Justin Sutherland
Meagan Taylor
Coral Watson
Rand...
May 05, 2021
COVID Update - BCGEU
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, our understanding of the virus is rapidly evolving. It is now widely recognized that airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 can occur under certain conditions. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) recently updated its guidance to acknowledge that SARS-CoV- 2 is spread through aerosols (smaller droplets that can hang in the air for periods of time).1 Further...
May 05, 2021
Special Meeting for BCGEU Couriers - BCGEU
Your Bargaining Committee has scheduled a Special Meeting for all LifeLabs Couriers as follows:
Date: Thursday, May 6th, 2021Time: 7:00 pm
Microsoft Teams meetin:
Check your email or speak with a member of your Bargaining Committee for meeting participation details.
Please check with your co-workers to make sure they received this message. If you or your co-worker did not receive the invite, pl...
May 04, 2021
Pre-Bargaining Bulletin #3: Nearly Prepared - Vantage Living Inc - BCGEU
Update
Your bargaining committee is nearly prepared for negotiations with the employer to renew the collective agreement. In its most recent meetings, your committee:
completed its careful, clause by clause review of the entire collective agreement;
reviewed all survey feedback on your bargaining priorities, including your responses to the mini-survey on extended health and welfare benefits;
...
May 04, 2021
All Local 405 Members - Local 405 Chairperson - BCGEU
Please be advised that: Clare Audet has retired and David Ho is new Local 405 Chairperson effective May 1, 2021.Congratulations David! Email address for David Ho is [email protected] In solidarity Mahen RamdharryVice President, Component 4Download PDF of notice here
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May 03, 2021
All BCGEU Members at LifeLabs working in Courier positions - Special Meeting ...
Your Bargaining Committee has scheduled a Special Meeting for all LifeLabs Couriers:
Date: Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: Remotely on Microsoft Teams
If you have a current home email address on file with the Union, you will receive an email invite with a link to join the meeting. There will also be a call-in number if you prefer to j...
May 03, 2021
Remembering Component 1 member Bikramdeep Randhawa
On behalf of 80,000+ members across the province, the BCGEU offers our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Local 104 member Bikramdeep Randhawa as they grieve his sudden and senseless death on Saturday, May 1st.
While the loss of any member under any circumstance is a tragedy, Bikramdeep's youth and the violent, and public nature of his death make this loss harder to b...
April 30, 2021
How the BC Budget affects you – BCGEU analysis
BC Budget Analysis 2021/22Moving in the right direction, but at the wrong speed. On April 20, the BC NDP delivered its first budget and fiscal plan since winning a new majority mandate in the October 2020 general election. More importantly, this was the government's first official budget since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Budget 2021 includes significant funds for em...
April 30, 2021
All BCGEU Members at Sun Village - Notice of Ratification Meeting and Vote fo...
We are pleased to present a tentative agreement that will include wage lifts on the date of ratification, Employer matched RRSPs, increase to the night-shift premium, and a lump sum signing bonus.
We encourage you to vote “yes” and accept this new collective agreement!
Ratification Document
The ratification can be found here. When you vote, you will be voting to accept all of the changes in th...
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