Component 4 includes members who provide health care and related services.
They provide nursing care, personal care, housekeeping, building maintenance, laundry, activities, dietary, security and rehabilitation services at institutional and long-term-care facilities, as well as medical lab and a variety of other services for other employers.
The union and the employer met in bargaining on March 11 and 12, 2020 and concluded all but two non monetary proposals: one regarding occupational health and safety, and another regarding the creation of new classifications. The parties decided to set these proposals aside and revisit them later in the current round of negotiations.
Your bargaining committee tabled a comprehensive monetary pack...
Call for Nominations This is to provide all members notice that in preparation for upcoming negotiations with your employer and renewing your collective agreement, nominations are now open for three (3) bargaining committee members. If you would like to serve on the committee or you know a member that you think would be a good person to represent you and your co-workers, please fill out the nom...
Burnaby, B.C. – In response to the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a "pandemic" and public health experts recommending social distancing including self-isolation for exposed or symptomatic people, the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) is calling on federal and provincial governments to immediately suspend all mortgage and rent payments until the pandemic is over....
As per our previous message, the World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic and holding a meeting in a seniors home is inconsistent with the principles of limiting the spread of the virus and limiting vulnerable people to exposure. In an effort to reduced transmission rates, as per the direction of the Provincial Health Officer, the BCGEU will avoid holding meetings...
March is Social Work Month, a time to celebrate the contributions of thousands of BCGEU social workers in our province. There are hundreds of these dedicated professionals who are members of your union's Component 4, Health Services. Social Workers in health care work with clients and families to address issues including: illness, anxiety, depression, caregiver challenges, palliative care/berea...
Today, the WHO declared that COVID-19 has escalated from public health crisis to pandemic. In plain language this means the public health priority has shifted from preventing the spread of the virus to slowing it down so that our healthcare system doesn't get overwhelmed by too many infections happening concurrently. In light of this, the Provincial Executive of the BCGEU unanimously passed the...
Our union encourages members in the Vancouver area to stand in solidarity with members of IBEW Local 213 on Thursday, March 12 at 3 pm in front of Ledcor's office at 1055 West Hastings Street downtown. These workers are fighting for their first contract with Ledcor. The strike began on Sept. 30, 2019. Their battle for a contract began more than two full years earlier on Aug. 31, 2017, when thei...
The election is over, the results are in and your bargaining committee is complete. You have elected Jacqueline Gunther and Marie Hart as bargaining committee members who will join the bargaining chair, Rick Bowen, to represent you in negotiating a renewal of your collective agreement. Please join me in congratulating all of the participants in this very important process. The committee w...
The Union is postponing the ratification vote on the tentative agreement and the vote tomorrow will not be proceeding.
The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic and holding a meeting in a seniors' home is inconsistent with the principles of limiting the spread of the virus and limiting vulnerable people to exposure.
A ratification vote would require any person ...
The B.C. Government Employees' Union (BCGEU) is encouraging employers to waive the requirement for employees to produce a sick note to access sick leave. The B.C. government announced last week employees no longer have to produce a sick note amidst concerns over the coronavirus. Read full article here UWU/MoveUP
B.C. employers must drop doctor's note requirements to limit COVID-19 spread, says BCGEU Burnaby, B.C.- In light of the ongoing concern regarding the COVID-19 virus, the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union is calling on all B.C. employers to waive the requirement for employees to provide a note from a doctor to access their sick leave. "We all must take appropriate steps to limit the s...
Your bargaining committee met with the employer on March 5th and 6th. Some progress was made and we will continue hard to address the priorities you have identified. Further bargaining dates have been scheduled for March 26th and 27th. In solidarity, Diane Bulatovich, Bargaining committee chairpersonDon Stroschein, Bargaining committee memberLily Idler, Bargaining committee memberCathy Seagris...
Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with the employer that would expire July 31, 2022 (3-year agreement) and recommend ratification.
The agreement highlights include:
An increase in the number of sick days by two, totaling 52.5 hours.
An increase in annual vacation accrual at 17 years (21 days) and 20 years (22 days).
Greater transparency...
We have had many emails and calls from the Environmental Health Officers (EHO) group outlining concerns with respect to the recent changes to Tobacco Enforcement Officers (TEO) classification.
Prior to the last round of bargaining, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in the Collective Agreement covered the TEO's. This is because they did not fit within either the Job Families or the Industry Wide M...
Nominations are now open for the following vacant positions on the local executive:
Chair
1st Vice Chair
Member-At-Large (2 Positions)
The term is usually three years, this term started Spring of 2018. The term would be the remainder of the three years. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is available from your area office.
The deadline for nominations is: 5 p.m....
March 8th is International Women's Day (IWD), a time to recognize the remarkable achievements by women across the globe and stand in solidarity with calls for decisive action to promote gender justice and end gender-based violence and discrimination. The global theme this year is #EachforEqual An EQUAL World is an ENABLED World.
"As an out and proud feminist who has the privilege to be surround...
The B.C. Government & Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) has filed a common employer application at the BC Labour Relations Board (LRB) seeking to consolidate all nine of the union's bargaining units with Well Being Services/Retirement Concepts (WBS/RC) into a single bargaining unit. The move to a single bargaining unit would position the union and its members to address many of the issues th...
(Burnaby, BC)Following a shareholder proposal by the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has confirmed that it will not provide lending or financing services to companies including GEO Group (NYSE: GEO) and Core Civic (NYSE: CXW). These U.S. private prison companies operate the majority of U.S. detention facilities currently detaining migrant familie...
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, has been providing regular briefings to B.C.'s health care unions about the developing situation worldwide related to COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus). The next meetings of B.C.'s health care unions and Dr. Henry are scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, and an in person meeting will be held on Friday, March 6. These meetings are coordinated through HEA...
We would like to thank all the candidates for their participation and interest in representing their workplace in our upcoming round of bargaining.
Congratulations to the following members who have been elected and will form the Bargaining Committee at Pacifica Retirement Residence.
Kulwant RaiDebbie ReichertMaria Ignacio
Your committee will be meeting soon to review issues and develop proposa...
The BCGEU is holding elections for the three open positions of bargaining committee member at Pine Acres Home. The candidates are:
Sandra Jack Laurie Bridden
Denise Horwood Jody Ball
Blaine Mills Bonnie McEwan
Nikki Derickson Erica Sutherland
Voting will be open from March 2 – 25, 2020. You will have the opportun...
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