NEWS & UPDATES
July 12, 2016
Nanaimo Seniors Village Bargaining Committee Election Meeting
When: Tuesday July 19, 2016 between 11 am-2 pm
Where: The Dover Room at Nanaimo Seniors Village
Members are strongly encouraged to attend a Bargaining Committee election meeting in the Dover Room at Nanaimo Seniors Village on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, between the hours of 11am-2pm. Complimentary pizza and refreshments will be provided for all of those who attend.
This will be your ...
July 11, 2016
Local 403 Kopernik Lodge meeting
DATE: July 20, 2016
TIME: Drop in between 2:00pm and 5:00pm
PLACE: Champlain Heights Public Library Meeting Room
7110 Kerr St. (behind Champlain Square)
This meeting has been organized because you have no stewards at your worksite.
Bring your questions and concerns about your Collective Agreement and workplace issues.
BCGEU Staff Representative Fateh Born will be there along wit...
July 11, 2016
LifeLabs Members bargaining committee elected
The union is pleased to advise that the following four individuals have been elected as members of the LifeLabs Bargaining Committee. Congratulations to all!
Cam Coady Building: Teresa Christon
CIC and Courier Group: Brad Petruic
Patient Service Group: Maria Buneta
Laboratory Group: Janice Morton
These newly elected representatives will join Bargaining Unit Chair Patricia Dossett, a...
July 08, 2016
Region 4 Women's Conference
Register now for the BCGEU Region 4 Women’s Conference, September 23-24, 2016 in Prince George. The Conference is open to all BCGEU women in Areas 06, 10, 11 & 12.
The Conference commences on Friday evening at 7:00 pm at the Ramada Hotel, 444 George St., Prince George with a panel session which will include a dynamic group of...
July 08, 2016
Seniors Advocate releases report on Resident to Resident Aggression
On June 29, the Office of the Seniors Advocate published its report, Resident to Resident Aggression in Residential Care in B.C. As the first systemic review of incidents of this kind, the report took a preliminary look at the number and nature of the incidents, as well as some of the factors that might be leading to them.
Among other highlights, the report concludes that there may be a link b...
July 08, 2016
Local 403 Executive/General meeting
DATE: Wednesday, August 10, 2016
TIME: Executive Meeting 6:00pm
Local 403 Member Meeting begins at 6:30 pm
PLACE: Lower Mainland Area Office – Musqueam Room
Suite 130 – 2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver
(Kitty-corner to Renfrew SkyTrain Station)
PARKING INFORMATION:
We have a large underground parkade you can access from Renfrew or Hebb.
If you enter from Renfrew...
July 06, 2016
Baltic Properties (Cascades Inc.) Nominations for Bargaining Committee Chair ...
Your collective agreement expired June 30, 2016. A bargaining committee is required to negotiate a new collective agreement. Nominations are now open for three positions on the Bargaining Committee:
Bargaining Committee Chairperson;
Two bargaining committee positions;
One alternate to the bargaining committee
The Bargaining Committee Chairperson represents all members at Baltic Lodge (...
July 05, 2016
The BCGEU stands with Canada Post workers
Canada Post’s announcement that they will lock out Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) members as soon as Friday is an attack on collective bargaining, its workers and its customers.
Canada Post is refusing to do the work of collective bargaining with CUPW by demanding massive rollbacks on the union’s hard fought gains.
Those rollbacks include moving all new hires from a defined benefit...
July 05, 2016
Election for Lifelabs Bargaining Committee and Possible Postal Strike
ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS – URGENT MESSAGE
With the prospect of a postal strike looming, the BCGEU is requesting that members find alternative means to return their ballots for the election of their representatives on the Bargaining Committee. If you have not already mailed your ballot, please drop them off at your local BCGEU area office or contact your shop steward.
All ballots must be retu...
June 30, 2016
BCGEU presses Canadian Prime Minister on Mexican teacher repression
Since mid-May, Mexican teachers have launched a nation-wide protest against new government measures that seek to shut down teacher (normal) training schools, base continued employment on teachers’ results on standardized written exams, and eliminate the need for pedagogical training for new teachers. The government’s response has been a wave of violence that includes the abduction and arbitrary...
June 30, 2016
LifeLabs election for bargaining committee and possible postal strike
ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS – URGENT MESSAGE
With the prospect of a postal strike looming, the BCGEU is requesting that members find alternative means to return their ballots for the election of their representatives on the Bargaining Committee. If you have not already mailed your ballot, please drop them off at your local BCGEU area office or contact your shop steward.
All ballots must be retur...
June 29, 2016
Working Poverty in Metro Vancouver: the extent of the problem and realistic s...
Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a study on poverty in Vancouver. The report, Working Poverty in Metro Vancouver, presents sobering details on the increasing levels of poverty in the region. It also dispels an important myth about poverty: that getting a job will help lift a person out of poverty.
Poverty in B.C.’s largest city is increasingly a story of low pa...
June 27, 2016
"Drop In" Membership Meeting – 2:00 – 3:30pm
A "drop in" membership meeting will be held in the Staff Room at Guildford Seniors Village from 2:00 to 3:30 pm on Wednesday June 29, 2016.
Please attend, bring any concerns, or just drop by and introduce yourself.
In solidarity
Kevin Hagglund
Staff Representative
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
June 24, 2016
Keep Your Cool!
The recent hot weather in our province generated several calls to the BCGEU Occupational Health and Safety department. Members want to know if the employer has the responsibility to protect workers from hot temperatures both indoors and out. The short answer is “YES!”
The Workers Compensation Act Section 115 mandates that employers must ensure the health and safety of all workers working for t...