NEWS & UPDATES
January 12, 2024
Peace Portal Seniors Village - Information Meeting and Ratification Vote Loca...
Please note that both the information meeting scheduled for Wednesday January 31st from 10:00 – 4:30 p.m. and the ratification vote scheduled for Tuesday, February 27th from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. will be held atV the worksite in the Conference Room.
In solidarity,
Deb WilsonStaff Representative, Negotiations
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January 12, 2024
Members at LifeLabs working in the following classifications: Client Informat...
Special Membership Meetings - January 15th
There will be Special Membership Meetings on Monday, January 15th to discuss issues and concerns specific to members working in positions as: Client Information Centre and Schedulers; Couriers; and Lab Technicians, Lab Technical Assistants, Genetic Technicians and Equipment Specialists.
Here are the links and the details of those meetings:
CLIENT INFOR...
January 12, 2024
Bargaining for Retirement Concepts (Well Being Services Ltd.) - INFORMATION ...
INFORMATION MEETINGS and RATIFICATION VOTES SCHEDULED
Information meetings and Ratification votes have been scheduled at each worksite on the dates and times below.Information meetings will be held at each worksite:
An information package containing all the proposed changes to your agreements and a cross reference document showing corresponding clause and article numbers for all worksites is...
January 11, 2024
Members at HCN-Revera Independent Living (The Dorchester, Parkwood Manor, and...
Your HCN-Revera independent living bargaining committee for The Dorchester, Parkwood Manor, and Sunwood is pleased to report success in mediation!
The parties have reached a bargaining protocol agreement that meets the Union's objectives regarding attempting to standardize language across the three collective agreements where mutually agreed. While the matter of how the final agreements will be...
January 10, 2024
Bargaining for Retirement Concepts (Well Being Services Ltd.) - BC General E...
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED Your bargaining committee is pleased to advise that a full tentative agreement has been reached! Highlights of the deal include moving all nine agreements to one collective agreement with common language while maintaining any superior provisions or entitlements, and some significant improvements to monetary items such as: Adding or improving: shift premiums f...
January 08, 2024
Cogir Independent Living - Pre-Bargaining Update #4: Mediation, Unfair Labour...
Mediation on a Bargaining Protocol Agreement Your Cogir independent living bargaining committee for The Dorchester, Parkwood Manor, and Sunwood was scheduled to begin negotiations with the employers on January 10th and 11th. However, Cogir has not agreed to the Union's proposed bargaining protocol agreement, so the parties will instead meet with a mediator appointed by the Labour Relations Bo...
January 08, 2024
Niagara Care Community Ltd. - Election of Bargaining Committee - BC General E...
With your collective agreement about to expire, nominations are now open for the positions on the Union's bargaining committee. Three (3) committee member positions are open (Chair, plus two bargaining committee members).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 ...
January 08, 2024
Broadmead Bargaining Update: Bargaining Heading to Mediation - BC General Emp...
Your bargaining committee most recently met with Broadmead Care on January 4 & 5,2024.
In your bargaining surveys, you highlighted sick leave and wages as two of your top priorities, which we have updates on.
Regarding sick leave, we have negotiated extensively back and forth but feel we need more time to achieve respectable improvements.
In terms of wages, we have asked for annual increase...
January 08, 2024
BCGEU calls for Vacancy Control, not more unaffordable rent hikes - BC Gener...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 8, 2024 BCGEU calls for Vacancy Control, not more unaffordable rent hikes (Burnaby, B.C.)
While some B.C. renters are bracing themselves for another 3.5-per-cent rent-hike in 2024, those looking for a new home will be paying much more to stay in their communities, says the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU), calling again for vacancy control measures.
Accord...
January 05, 2024
Election of Sherwood House Bargaining Committee –Update – Deadline Extended -...
Happy New Year, Everyone!
As there were no nominations received by the original deadline date (Jan. 2, 2024), the deadline to submit nominations for the Bargaining Committee has been extended to 4 p.m. on January 19, 2024, as shown below.
With your collective agreement about to expire, nominations are now open for the positions on the Union’s bargaining committee. Three (3) committee member...
January 04, 2024
Local 401 General Meeting - Friday, January 19, 2024 - BC General Employees' ...
COMPONENT: Health Services – Local 401 General MeetingLOCAL: 401DATE: Friday, January 19, 2024TIME: 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.PLACE: BCGEU Victoria Area Office(Please use our back entrance at 588 Burnside)
AGENDA
Meet your local executive.
Q & A
Open discussion
In solidarity
Richard Ziemianski, Local 401 ChairpersonChad McQuarrie, Staff Representative
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December 22, 2023
REMINDER: Carecorp Seniors Services (Cerwydden and Piccadilly) Bargaining Pri...
This is a reminder of the approaching deadline to complete the bargaining priorities survey for Carecorp Seniors Services. To prepare to negotiate renewal of the collective agreement, your bargaining committee will need your input on what is important to you. Please check your email or ask a member of your bargaining committee or another co-worker for a link to the electronic survey. Please com...
December 21, 2023
Broadmead Bargaining UPDATE - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Your bargaining committee has now met with your Employer several times over the past few months. We have made some significant progress on the collective agreement, and have settled almost all of the non-monetary bargaining priorities you brought up in our surveys. In particular, we have been able to tentatively agree on time-off requests and vacation scheduling. In our most recent bargaining ...
December 21, 2023
Preparations Underway for Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Bargaining Dates Set...
日本語版のダウンロードはこちらから。Download Japanese version here. Your bargaining committee for Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society has met for two days to prepare to negotiate your first collective agreement with the Employer. Your committee has: Selected Pinky Rose Mateo as Bargaining Committee Chair; Received training in the process and pitfalls of bargaining; Reviewed your bargaining survey pr...
December 20, 2023
Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society - Stewards - BC General Employ...
The Union is pleased to announce that the members of your bargaining committee have been designated as Stewards, on an interim basis, at your workplace, Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society:
Pinky Rose Mateo
Yumiko Turco
Satomi Yoneda
If you have any questions regarding workplace issues, please feel free to contact your Stewards.In solidarity, Katie GravestockStaff RepresentativeDow...
December 19, 2023
TD Bank's Racial Equity Audit: Commendable Yet Incomplete Asserts Labour Unio...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Burnaby, BC, December 19, 2023 - In a landmark move, The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX: TD) unveiled the findings of its much-anticipated racial equity audit report which examines the bank's employment practices across its US and Canadian operations. A response to a shareholder proposal by the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU), this audit is a significant step for North Ame...
December 18, 2023
REMINDER: Member-to-Member Site Visit - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Please join members of your Local 401 Executive, who will be hosting Member-to-Member worksite visits at Amica Beechwood Village.
This is an opportunity for members to ask questions and hear about issues and concerns in the workplace.
DATE: December 20, 2023TIME: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.LOCATION: Amica Beechwood Village (Private Dining Room), 2315 Mills Road
In solidarity,
R...
December 15, 2023
New agreement brings wage increases to majority of Facilities members - BC Ge...
Last Friday, the nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) reached an important agreement with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) for additional wage increases covering two groups of members in the FBA based on the following wage-rated job classifications:
Workers in the group with the lowest wage-rated classifications – Grids 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21...
December 15, 2023
Election of Sherwood House Bargaining Committee - BC General Employees' Union...
With your collective agreement about to expire, nominations are now open for the positions on the Union’s bargaining committee. Three (3) committee member positions are open (Chair, plus two bargaining committee members). 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...
December 13, 2023
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT – Kamloops Area Office - BC General Employees' Union...
BCGEU KAMLOOPS AREA OFFICEINTERNAL POSTINGDecember 13, 2023
POSITION: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT – Kamloops Area Office
GRADE: LEVEL 5 - MoveUP AGREEMENT
WAGE RATE: $34.67 - $37.30 per hour
An Administrative Assistant is required to provide administrative support to the staff representatives in the Kamloops Area Office, located in Kamloops, BC. Term of assignme...
December 11, 2023
Health Facilities Collective Agreement Now Available - BC General Employees' ...
The 2022-2025 Health Facilities Collective Agreement is now available. It can also be found on the BCGEU collective agreements website. In accordance with Article 47 of the collective agreement, a limited number of hard copies will be provided for distribution at worksites once they have been printed. Questions about the content of your collective agreement should be directed to a worksite stew...
December 11, 2023
Members covered under the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association...
Our union is pleased to advise members covered by the HSPBA collective agreement that the application process for reimbursement of professional fees paid in 2023-an item negotiated in the most recent round of HSPBA bargaining-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...
December 11, 2023
Members at Cascades Lodge for Sienna-Baltic LTC Common Table - Election of Ba...
This notice is to inform Cascades Lodge members of the results of the bargaining committee election. The following two candidates received most the votes:
Tanya Jones
Kelsey Sukkau
The following received the 3rd most votes and will become the Alternate:
Penny Hinchberger
Thank you to all the candidates for putting their names forward. We will begin the process of bargaining prep in the comi...
December 08, 2023
Carecorp Seniors Services Bargaining Survey - We Need Your Input! - BC Genera...
To prepare to negotiate renewal of the collective agreement, your bargaining committee will need your input on what is important to you.
Please check your email or ask a member of your bargaining committee or another co-worker for a link to the electronic survey. Please complete the survey by Monday, January 1, 2024.
If you know a co-worker who did not receive this email, please forward it to t...
December 07, 2023
Carecorp Seniors Services (Cerwydden and Piccadilly) - Bargaining Committee -...
At the close of nominations, the following members were declared elected by acclamation to the bargaining committee for Carecorp:
Godwin Amega (Piccadilly), Bargaining Committee Chair
Laurie Johnson (Cerwydden), Bargaining Committee Member
Sharon Knapp (Piccadilly), Bargaining Committee Member
Tina Whitney (Cerwydden), Bargaining Committee Member
The assigned staff representative will reach o...
December 06, 2023
Dec 6 National Day of Rememberance and Action on Violence Against Women - BC ...
December 6th marks the 34th anniversary of the École Polytechnique Massacre, which occurred on December 6, 1989, in Montreal. The perpetrator, fueled by misogynistic beliefs, took the lives of 14 young women that day. Three decades later, the impact of this horrific act of violence continues to reverberate through the ongoing struggle against gender-based violence. The risk of harassment and vi...
November 29, 2023
Revera Independent Living (The Dorchester, Parkwood Manor and Sunwood) - Pre-...
On November 27th, your bargaining committee for Revera Independent Living (The Dorchester, Parkwood Manor, and Sunwood) met to continue getting ready for negotiations with the Employer. The focus of our work on the 27th was strategic planning led by BCGEU communications officers. This will help us better engage with you in the leadup to and during bargaining. By standing together at all three w...
November 29, 2023
All BCGEU Members at Revera Assisted Living (Fleetwood Villa and Whitecliff) ...
Your common table bargaining committee for Fleetwood Villa and Whitecliff has rescheduled its meetings to prepare for bargaining for December 19 and 20, 2023, and January 16, 2024. Bargaining dates with the employer, which by then will be Cogir, have been scheduled for January 30 and 31, and February 21 and 22, 2024. If you have not completed the bargaining survey, please do so before 5:00 PM o...
November 28, 2023
AgeCare Cariboo Place Williams Lake- Nominations Re-Open for Two Bargaining C...
Call for Nominations
Nominations are re-opening for Cariboo Place (Williams Lake). This will be a 5-day nomination period. Members elect a bargaining committee to work with the union staff representative and other elected leaders to help ensure their voices are heard and interests are protected and advanced through the bargaining process.
The bargaining committee has 2 positions open, as follow...
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