NEWS & UPDATES
July 31, 2024
Cultural & Carnival Day Event August 24, 2024 - BC General Employees' Union (...
The Area 04 Cross Component invites you and your family for a cultural and carnival celebration taking place at our Fraser Valley Office!
Date: Saturday, August 24, 2024 Place: 8555 198 A Street, Langley BC V2Y 0A9 (Fraser Valley Area Office) ...
July 30, 2024
Sick leave rules - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
This is a reminder that all employers in B.C. are required to provide eligible employees with up to five (5) days of paid sick leave per year. This leave can be taken if you need to stay home because you are sick or injured. These five sick days are in addition to the sick leave negotiated in your collective agreement.The employer must also pay their employees regular wages for paid sick days t...
July 29, 2024
LifeLabs working in the following classifications: Laboratory Technical Assis...
There will be two special membership meetings on Thursday, August 1st to discuss bargaining issues specific to members working in positions as Couriers, or in LTA positions in Specimen Management at the Victoria Research Laboratory, the Burnaby Research Laboratory, and the Surrey Research Laboratory.
Please see a member of your bargaining committee for the Meeting Link
As bargaining continues, ...
July 26, 2024
LifeLabs - June/July bargaining update - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Your bargaining committee has now concluded two sets of negotiations with LifeLabs which took place between June 25th and 27th and from July 23rd to 25th, 2024.During the June meetings, we had occupational health and safety (OHS) specialists attend from our union and LifeLabs to discuss our health & safety proposals. It was a very productive exchange where we made a lot of progress, but we’...
July 26, 2024
FAQs on HSPBA Cultural Days of Significance pilot program - BC General Employ...
Starting this fall, a new pilot program will allow members at three worksites to submit specific dates of cultural or religious significance in place of traditional statutory holidays.These worksites include: B.C. Children's and Women's Hospital (Provincial Health Services Authority) Fraser Health Authority's Population and Public Health Program (consisting of 13 worksites) Fort Saint John ...
July 25, 2024
Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society - Summer Bargaining Update - B...
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Negotiations for your first collective agreement with Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society continued June 4th, 20th, and 24th, and July 8th and 17th. Your union and employer have so far spent 14 days in bargaining. Progress has continued to be slow.
The parties have signed off on a total of 10 non-monetary proposals, which is only two ...
July 25, 2024
Supportive housing workers one step closer to pay equity but gaps remain - BC...
Union members win significant pay increases, pledge to continue fight for full equity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – Supportive housing workers are celebrating a major step toward pay equity in the sector. Effective in September, workers at 50 supportive housing agencies will receive significant raises that bring them closer to peers at higher-paid agencies.
Th...
July 23, 2024
White Cliff - Bargaining Bulletin #1 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to report that negotiations with the employer commenced on Thursday, July 18th with both parties tabling their non-monetary proposals. These proposed language changes do not involve monetary increases but include other important articles in the collective agreement such as: Job Postings, Hours of Work, Scheduling and Occupational Health & Safety, as an e...
July 22, 2024
Westminster House HRC Care Society - Bargaining Update - BC General Employees...
Your Bargaining Committee has met to review all the union's bargaining proposals.
We are meeting with the Employer on July 29th and 31st to begin bargaining a renewal Collective Agreement.
Thank you for your patience. We commit to provide updates on a regular basis.
If you have any questions, please contact a member of the Bargaining Committee.
In Solidarity,
Jodi Lo, Bargaining ChairChristine ...
July 16, 2024
Western Community Seniors Low Cost Housing Society (Alexander Mackie) - Elect...
Nominations are now open for the position of bargaining committee members. Three positions are open, one Chairperson and 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 order to run or vote in an election. As a bargaining committee mem...
July 16, 2024
Discipline process updated (Article 7) - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Our union’s Constitution and Bylaws describe the rights and responsibilities of union membership and how we govern ourselves. At the BCGEU’s 2024 Convention in May, delegates adopted changes to Article 7 of the Constitution which lays out the process of discipline for members found to have violated our union’s constitution. These updates affect the role of local chairs under the Complaint Proce...
July 15, 2024
HSPBA Applications Now Being Accepted for Reimbursement for 2024 Professional...
Our union is pleased to advise members covered by the HSPBA collective agreement that the application process for reimbursement of professional fees for 2024-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 hel...
July 03, 2024
Bargaining Committee Update at Elim Christian Care Society - BC General Empl...
The nomination period for your bargaining committee has now closed.Please join us in congratulating:
Lisa Bysterveld
Arlyn Mariano
Lea Pastoral
They have been acclaimed to their positions on the bargaining committee so there will not be an election. Your committee will be meeting soon to review issues and develop proposals prior to meeting with the employer. We will keep you updated through...
July 03, 2024
Election Results for Members at White Cliff - BC General Employees' Union (B...
The election for a position on the White Cliff Bargaining Committee is now complete and elected by acclamation is: JENNIFER ZAMORA Our first meeting with the employer is scheduled for Thursday, July 18th. Stay tuned for a bargaining update shortly thereafter. If you know a BCGEU member who didn't receive this bulletin, please forward...
June 28, 2024
The Salvation Army Vancouver Harbour Light – Collective Agreement Ratified - ...
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ਇਹ ਇਕ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਹੈ। ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਤ ੋਂ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਬਾਰੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰ ।
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Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that the collective agreement has been ratified with 81.9% of the voters voting...
June 26, 2024
Welltower Independent Living (The Dorchester, Parkwood Manor, and Sunwood) - ...
To: All BCGEU Members at Welltower Independent Living (The Dorchester, Parkwood Manor, and Sunwood)Re: Setting the Record Straight
In response to employee reports of Employers allegedly making false or misleading statements regarding negotiations and strikes, we are writing to set the record straight. Employers’ Wage Offers We stand behind the details of the Employers’ latest wage offer...
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