NEWS & UPDATES
May 16, 2023
Component 4 Executive and All Health-Facilities Stewards - Retroactive Pay fo...
Please consider sharing the following information update with any former BCGEU members who are eligible for retroactive pay, as per the terms outlined below.
At the end of April, the Facilities Bargaining Association and the Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC) reached an agreement on retroactive pay for those eligible members who ceased employment on or after April 1, 2022....
May 11, 2023
Carecorp Seniors Services (Cerwydden) - Member-to-Member Site Visit, May 17, ...
To: All BCGEU Members, Local 401, at Carecorp Seniors Services (Cerwydden) 3243 Cowichan Lake Road, Duncan, BC V9L 4B8
Re: Member-to-Member Site Visit, May 17, 2023
Please join Local 401 Chairperson, Richard Ziemianski, and BCGEU Staff Representative, Stacey Campbell, who will be hosting a Member-to-Member site visit.This is your opportunity to meet with your elected representative and to ask ...
May 08, 2023
Locals 402 & 403 - Call for Delegates to HSP Council - BC General Employees' ...
A Health Science Professionals Sectoral Council was created by the BCGEU back in 2019, to address the specific concerns of the more than 3,000 Health Science Professionals working in BC Health Authorities.We are seeking one delegate each from Locals 402 and 403 who is interested in being part of this Council for a three-year term (2022-2024). Some of the duties of the delegates to this Council ...
May 05, 2023
Salvation Army Harbour Light - Bargaining Committee Elections - BC General Em...
To: All BCGEU Members at Salvation Army Harbour Light Re: Bargaining Committee Elections
这是一份重要通知。请考虑请人为您翻译。
ਇਹ ਇਕ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਹੈ। ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਤ ੋਂ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਬਾਰੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰ ।
Ito ay isang mahalagang paunawa. Mangyaring pag-isipang ipa-translate ito para sa iyo
The BCGEU would like to thank those members who submitted their names for a Bargaining Committee position. The nominatio...
May 02, 2023
Alexander Mackie Lodge tentative agreement ratifies - BC General Employees' U...
We are pleased to advise that the tentative Alexander Mackie Lodge/BCGEU Collective Agreement was ratified by our members on May 2, 2023! We are now in the process of finalizing the Collective Agreement. Once the new Collective Agreement has been finalized, the Union will post it to the BCGEU website at www.bcgeu.ca. In the meantime, please refer to your ratification bulletin. On behalf of the ...
April 25, 2023
Salvation Army - Harbour Light ARC - REMINDER NOTICE OF ELECTION OF BARGAINI...
这是一份重要通知。请考虑请人为您翻译。
ਇਹ ਇਕ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਹੈ। ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਤ ੋਂ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਬਾਰੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰ ।
Ito ay isang mahalagang paunawa. Mangyaring pag-isipang ipa-translate ito para sa iyo
Nominations are now open for the three bargaining committee member positions for The Salvation Army Harbour Light ARC. The collective agreement says that one member must be from 108, another member from 119 and...
April 24, 2023
Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion -Worksite Visit/Meet with BCGEU Representatives *DRO...
Worksite Visit Details:
Date: Friday, April 28, 2023
Time: Between 1-2 PM, attendance in person
Place: The Kiwanis Pavilion, Activity Room Visit with: Suzanne Steffen, BCGE First Vice-Chairperson, Component 4, and Stacey Campbell, BCGEU Staff Representative
Please come drop in and meet representatives of your Union, say hello, ask a question or two or help yourself to a Union trinket.This is no...
April 21, 2023
Alexander Mackie Lodge - Tentative Agreement Reached! Ratification Meeting a...
Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with your Employer on a new collective agreement. Talks took some time, but on the afternoon of April 19th we got there! Full details of all of the changes and improvements to the agreement will be shared with the you at next week's ratification meeting: Thursday, April 27, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Alexander M...
April 21, 2023
The Summit on Hillside - worksite visit/meet with BCGEU representatives *DROP...
Worksite visit details:Date: Friday, April 28, 2023Time: Between 11 AM-Noon, attendance in personPlace: The Summit on Hillside, (Room TBD)Visit with: Suzanne Steffen, BCGEU First-Vice Chairperson, Component 4, and Stacey Campbell, BCGEU Staff Representative
Please come drop in and meet representatives of your union, say hello, as...
April 21, 2023
Elections for Local 401 Executive – Member-at-Large - BC General Employees' U...
The BCGEU is holding elections for one (1) Member-at-Large position on the Local 401 executive. Candidate statements are attached for those candidates who provided them:
Julia Sunderland-Baker (bio attached)
Surinder Gill
Nicole Shaver
Melody Khadir
All local 401 members should receive an electronic ballot starting Monday, April 24, 2023, to the email address we have on file for you via our S...
April 18, 2023
Call for Shop Steward Nominations at Carecorp Seniors Services - BC General E...
Nominations are now open for one (1) shop steward at Carecorp Seniors Services, 3243 Cowichan Lake Road, Duncan.
The deadline for submission of nominations (form attached) is:
April 25, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
Nomination forms must be submitted by email to [email protected] elected stewards are entitled to training at the Union's expense, including paid leave from work and ongoing sup...
April 18, 2023
2023 Day of Mourning - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Download PDF of poster here
UWU/MoveUP
April 18, 2023
2023 National Union scholarships - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Did you know the BCGEU is a component of the National Union of Public and General Employees? The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is a family of 11 component and three affiliate unions. The BCGEU is a component of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE). Just like the BCGEU, our national union offers its own scholarships program. There are nine scholarsh...
April 17, 2023
Bargaining Committee Election Results Update & Survey Reminder for Broadmead ...
As one of the members of your bargaining committee has stepped down, we are pleased to announce that Julia Sunderland-Baker, with the next highest number of votes in the recent election, will now join the committee. Your bargaining committee is:
Annie Parohinog, Bargaining Committee Chair (Acclaimed)
Nicole Shaver, Bargaining Committee Member
James Whitehouse, Bargaining Committee Member
Julia...
April 17, 2023
Kiara Agnew-In Remembrance - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
On behalf of our union's 85,000 members, we would like to offer our most sincere condolences on the tragic death of one of our members, 23-year-old Kiara Agnew.
Kiara's life was cut short in a senseless act of violence while she was on vacation in Mexico last month to celebrate her upcoming birthday.
Kiara worked at Lakeview Credit Union in Dawson Creek and was a BCGEU member for just over a y...
April 17, 2023
Pain BC - Bargaining Notice Update - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
To all members at Pain BC,
Your bargaining committee met the employer on April 3-5 and April 11 to discuss counters on the remaining non-monetary articles. We now have thirteen more articles signed off and have secured the vast majority of the non-monetary articles in your first collective agreement. This is a significant milestone, and we are pleased to have reached this point. Thank you for y...
April 11, 2023
BCGEU statement on the ongoing decampment of unhoused people on Vancouver’s D...
The City of Vancouver's ongoing forced, mass decampment of unhoused people in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) without alternative supportive housing in place is unnecessary and a violation of human rights. Since last week, Vancouver police and city staff have been actively dismantling tents, throwing out belongings and forcibly removing unhoused people from structures along Hastings Street in V...
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