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July 19, 2023
Survey Results: Your Psychological Health & Safety at Work
This spring we surveyed our component (Health Services) about members' psychological health and safety at work. Nearly 3,000 members responded and here is what you said:
When it comes to experiencing stress in the workplace, our component reported big problems with lack of recognition and physical violence. a) Only 26.7% feel they are fully recognized and appreciated by management. b) 30.8...
July 19, 2023
The Tranquille Occupation: 40 year anniversary - BC General Employees' Union...
Statement from BCGEU President Stephanie Smith
Forty years after the dramatic worker occupation of the Tranquille Institution, its impact is still as meaningful and significant as it was then. It's a story of courage and a story of collective action.
Worker power cannot be understated: the historic 22-day occupation of Tranquille is a major piece of labour history that was made by working-cl...
July 18, 2023
Salvation Army - Harbour Light ARC - Shelter workers, have your say in bargai...
In this round of negotiations, our Bargaining Committee wants to ensure they are representing members in all departments. They've asked us to meet with shelter workers to find out what you want them to focus on at the table with our employer. Other departments are having similar meetings to bring their issues forward. Members of your Contract Action Team will be holding four zoom meetings to ge...
July 13, 2023
Remembering a B.C. Wildfire member - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
It is with heavy hearts that our union mourns the loss of one of our BCGEU family who lost her life today fighting a wildfire outside of Revelstoke.
Our hearts and thoughts go out to her family and community, both at home and in the BC Wildfire Service.
B.C. wildland firefighters are renowned for their teamwork and incredible service to our communities. Each and every one is committed to ensuri...
July 07, 2023
Pain BC Society - Collective Agreement Ratified - BC General Employees' Unio...
Dear BCGEU members at Pain BC,Congratulations, you have ratified your collective agreement with 100% acceptance! We would like to thank you for your patience and engagement during the negotiations for your first collective agreement. The collective agreement will be from July 7, 2023 to July 6, 2026. Your new rate of pay is effective today. Going forward you'll receive a 2% increase on the anni...
July 06, 2023
Nominations For Local 404 Executive
Nominations are now open for the following position on the local executive:
Treasurer
The term is three years. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is available from your area office.
The deadline for nominations is: Thursday, July 20th, 2023
Nominations submitted by fax, email or mail must be received by: 5:00 pm Thursday July 20th, 2023.
The BCGEU nominatio...
July 05, 2023
HCN – Revera Lessee Bargaining Questionnaire – Input Needed! - BC General Emp...
The common table Bargaining Committee will soon be preparing to negotiate renewal of the Collective Agreement with the Employer and is asking for members' input. The bargaining questionnaire provides members the opportunity to identify any issues or concerns with, or desired improvements to, the Collective Agreement that they would like brought forward for consideration in negotiations. Members...
July 05, 2023
HCN-Revera Lessee LP (Parkwood Manor) - Bargaining Committee Election
The election of your bargaining has been completed without the need for a vote.Your elected Bargaining Committee members are:
Dana Hussey, Bargaining Committee Member
Chrisely Enriquez, Bargaining Committee Member
Bargaining will be at a common table with Dorchester, Sunwood and Parkwood all participating. All three worksites have now completed their elections. The next steps are to send out ...
July 05, 2023
Pain BC – Ratification Vote - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Dear BCGEU members at Pain BC,Today, you will receive an email at your personal address containing a link to vote online and your unique voting credentials. If you haven't received your credentials by noon today, please check your spam folder for an email from [email protected]. It's important to participate and cast your vote, as this is the only method available for voting. If you know of...
June 30, 2023
Lynwood Retirement Residence - Ratification and next steps - BC General Emplo...
Dear Members,
Now that you have voted 100% to ratify your new collective agreement, your bargaining committee is working to make sure that the negotiated changes are correctly integrated into your new contract.
Once the final draft is complete and the employer has signed off on it, the agreement will be formatted and ready for distribution.
We have also posted a statement on the BCGEU website...
June 29, 2023
Retirement Concepts (Well Being Services Ltd.) - Bargaining for Retirement Co...
Your bargaining committee met with the employer on June 13th & 14th and June 27th & 28th to continue discussions on non-monetary items. We are making good progress with more than 2/3 of the non-monetary proposals agreed to and signed off.The full bargaining committee will be meeting on July 26th & 27th to finalize our monetary proposal package. We have additional dates scheduled to ...
June 29, 2023
Seniors’ care workers in Chilliwack ratify new agreement - BC General Employ...
Seniors' care workers in Chilliwack ratify new agreement
Members of the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) working at Lynnwood Retirement Residence have ratified their new collective agreement by a vote of 100%.
Over months of negotiations, these workers fought for a living wage that would address the soaring cost of living and put an end to high staff turnover at their facility.
The new ...
June 29, 2023
Members covered under the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association...
We are pleased to announce the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) has secured additional funds for use as a professional development fund for its members. The new funding is the latest round of support for union members covered by the health science professionals collective agreement.The funding will support further specialization of skills in key professions. With B.C....
June 29, 2023
Cerwydden and Piccadilly Seniors Communities - Bargaining Update – Finalized ...
As you are aware, during negotiations for your 2020-2023 Collective Agreement, CareCorp took over from Provita and Westcana as your new Employer. Negotiations were completed and a new collective agreement was reached with CareCorp. You all voted and the agreement was accepted. The next steps were to complete a final copy of the collective agreement for the bargaining committee and employer to ...
June 26, 2023
Pain BC - Ratification Process - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
To all BCGEU members at Pain BC,
A Ratification Document that is a complete text of your first collective agreement is now available for your review here.
We will be holding two town halls, the first hour of which are on paid work time with the agreement of your Employer, scheduled as follows:
Please consult the emailed version of this bulletin for the zoom meeting credentials. If you know a BC...
June 22, 2023
Members at HCN-Revera Lessee (Dorchester) LP - Bargaining Committee Election ...
The election of your bargaining has been completed without the need for a vote.
Your elected Bargaining Committee members are:
Heather McKay, Bargaining Committee Member
Lily Idler, Bargaining Committee Member
There is an alternate position still available. If you are interested in being involved in this round of bargaining please contact Deb Wilson via email at [email protected].
Bargaining...
June 22, 2023
Pain BC - tentative settlement - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
To all members at Pain BC,We're pleased to share that after some marathon days at the bargaining table last night at 10pm, we concluded a tentative settlement for a first collective agreement that achieves the priorities that a majority of you wanted addressed. Most importantly we landed the issue of wages and pay equity for workers doing similar work across the organization.The information you...
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