Mask usage in BCGEU buildings
(Updated Apr 27, 2023)
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Effective immediately, we are making a change to our building protocols regarding mask usage in our buildings.
Mask use is now optional in our buildings, including in common areas and meeting rooms.
Staff and visitors to BCGEU buildings may, of course, continue to use masks and other layers of protection based on their own comfort and risk factors. We ask that we respect others and wear masks if requested in groups.
Please be reminded that no one should attend BCGEU buildings if they have active cold or flu-like symptoms.
COMPONENT 4 - HEALTH SERVICES
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.
Steward nominations closed on September 2, 2022. We are pleased to announce Andres Stephens, Christian Newlands and Jasmine O'Neill (alternate) have been acclaimed for the positions of shop steward.Please join us in welcoming Andres, Christian and Jasmine in their role as worksite shop stewards. Thank you to all those that participated in the process. In solidarity Mahen Ramdharry, Local 403 C...
Local 408 Chairperson, Eleine Gordon and one of your Local 408 Shop Stewards, will be conducting worksites visits as scheduled below; as part of your Union's ongoing outreach to the membership:
Friday, September 23, 2022
Cranbrook:
Health Unit / Rocky Mountain Lodge 10:00 a.m.Dr Green Memorial Home 10:45 a.m.Tamarack Cottage (Mental Health) 11:15 a.m.East Kootenay Addiction Services Society (E...
As you know, our committee and union partners reached a tentative agreement earlier this month covering more than 60,000 health care workers in the facilities subsector. Under this tentative agreement, members will see a significant boost in their pay over the next 18 months. Most will see wage increases of 14.6% to 14.9% under the maximum cost of living adjustment (COLA) triggers we've negotia...
We are pleased to report that your BCGEU bargaining committee and Burquitlam Senior Housing Society reached a tentative settlement of a renewed collective agreement yesterday. This agreement contains significant gains for members.
Tentative Agreement HighlightsHighlights of the agreement include:- Term of April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2025- General wage increases of 15.7% over the life of the agr...
Your bargaining committee has been actively preparing to negotiate renewal of the collective agreements for all nine Well Being Services Ltd. / Retirement Concepts sites represented by the BCGEU.
In July, the bargaining committee members from your worksite spent three days carefully reviewing your entire collective agreement as a first step in preparing proposals for the negotiating table. In l...
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the local executive:
Chairperson
2nd Vice Chairperson
Treasurer
Member at Large
Young Worker
The term is three years. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is attached.
The deadline for nominations is: 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 30, 2022.
If an election is needed the method will be by electronic voting. Can...
The agreement secures major investments to attract and retain workers including an expanded Health Care Access Program (HCAP) and $4.5 million in funding to the FBA Education Fund.The tentative agreement builds on the unions' historic work to undo the damage of years of privatization by the former BC Liberal government, with a commitment to bring in contracted support services workers at Fraser...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 7, 2022BCGEU reaches tentative agreement in B.C. public service bargainingVICTORIA, B.C. –Following more than seven months of negotiations and a historic job action that lasted almost two weeks, the BC General Employees' Union's (BCGEU) public service bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government's B.C.'s Public Service Agen...
The nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA), representing more than 60,000 hospital and long-term care workers in B.C., reached a tentative agreement late last night with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC).The three-year agreement includes significant compensation improvements as well as a number of measures to tackle serious staffing shortages and worker burnout. We've s...
Friends,
I am writing to advise that your employer's application for membership in the HEABC remains under consideration by the HEABC. But further to my August 12, 2022, update I am very pleased to report that the Salvation Army Harbour Light Detox and BCGEU have agreed to adjust your wages to match the April 1, 2021, Community Bargaining Association Agreement (CBA) wage rates (this is the curr...
Your Local 404 Chairperson Roshni Singh and executive members Kim Brown and Pooja Kumar will be conducting a worksite visit on September 7th from 2:30pm until 4:00pm in the group room. Please come by and say "Hello". We look forward to seeing you all then.In Solidarity,Roshni Singh, Local 404 Chairperson Nicki Pearson, Staff RepresentativeDownload PDF of notice here
UWU/MoveUP
Your Local 404 Chairperson Roshni Singh and Executive Members Kim Brown and Pooja Kumar will be conducting a worksite visit on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, from 11:30am until 1:00pm in the 2nd floor boardroom.
Please come by to say "Hello." We look forward to seeing you all then.
In Solidarity,
Roshni Singh, Local 404 Chairperson
Nicki Pearson, Staff Representative
Download PDF of notic...
IMPORTANT NOTICE – ACTION REQUIRED
Friends,It has come to my attention that some of you have not received your ratification payment or that it is incorrect. It seems that some of you may have never been wage levelled which seems to be coming to light as we are following up as to why some members have not received their ratification payment. We are looking into this and have reached out to your...
IMPORTANT NOTICE – ACTION REQUIRED
Friends,It has come to my attention that some of you have not received your ratification payment or that it is incorrect. It seems that some of you may have never been wage levelled which seems to be coming to light as we are following up as to why some members have not received their ratification payment. We are looking into this and have reached out to your...
Following a return to the bargaining table, the BCGEU's Public Service Bargaining Committee has stood down job action at BC Public Service worksites as a sign of good faith. The committee returned to the bargaining table with the BC Public Service Agency (PSA) last Thursday and has made significant progress. The two sides will continue to meet throughout the week, hoping to finalize a tentati...
The multi-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) resumed bargaining yesterday with B.C.'s public health employers.As noted, talks were paused on August 12 to show support for the BCGEU strike action in the direct public service. The Public Service Agency invited the BCGEU back to the table last week and the parties resumed negotiations on August 25. This is a significant development in t...
Due to a conflicting obligation unexpectedly arising for the staff negotiator, the parties have rescheduled their late-August bargaining sessions to September 14th. Your bargaining committee will continue to press for a fair deal that protects your wages against rising costs and puts you ahead. We are optimistic that we will reach a tentative agreement on that day. You can expect a further upda...
This is an important notice. Please consider having someone translate it for you.这是一份重要通知。请考虑请人为您翻译。ਇਹ ਇਕ ਜ਼ਰਰੂ ੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਹ।ੈ ਕਕਰਪਾ ਕਰਕ ੇ ਕਕਸ ੇ ਤ ੋੋ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਬਾਰ ੇ ਕਵਚਾਰ ਕਰ ।Ito ay isang mahalagang paunawa. Mangyaring pag-isipang ipa-translate ito para sa iyo
Friends,This is a reminder that voting for the tentative settlement to renew your collective agreement is happening now. Tomorrow...
Nominations are now open for two shop stewards and one alternate stewardat your worksite.This is an opportunity to be a workplace leader.
Please see your worksite union board for nomination forms if you want to nominate a co-worker or become a steward. The union provides training to support you in your new role!
Nominations will close at 5:00 pm, September 2, 2022. Send completed nomination for...
After pausing negotiations on Friday, August 12, to show support for the strike action taken by BCGEU members working for the Public Service Agency (PSA), collective bargaining will resume on Thursday, August 25 between the nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC).Protecting health care workers’ wages against rising costs is key to th...
Nominations have now closed for bargaining committee at Valleyhaven Retirement Community Ltd. and we are pleased to announce the following members have been acclaimed and will represent you in the upcoming round of negotiations:
Bargaining Committee Chair Pamela Conroy
Bargaining Committee Member Jaclyn Smith
Bargaining Committee Member Patti Ozeroff
Bargaining Committee...
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam),
Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.