NEWS & UPDATES
COVID-19: BCGEU office closure details - BCGEU
Since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak in January, your union has been closely monitoring the situation and acting decisively based on the best available science and expert recommendations to keep members and staff healthy, safe, and informed while maintaining core services and supports for our 80,000+ members across the province during this critical time.Yesterday, I convened the firs...
March 19, 2020
Component 5 & COVID-19: Recycling suspended at BC Liquor Stores
Component 5 and COVID-19: Recycling suspended at BC Liquor Stores You voiced your concerns, your union raised them loud and clear, and now your employer has listened – effective immediately, the returning of empty containers at BC Liquor Stores has been suspended. Although government and health authorities currently state that the risk of handling empty containers continues to be low during the...
March 17, 2020
Component 5 members’ rights to sick pay & COVID-19 related absences - BCGEU
This bulletin is to remind Component 5 members of your rights to sick pay if you have a COVID-19 related absence. Please print and post in your workplace for your fellow Component 5 members. The Public Service Agency has issued a FAQ document to direct all public service employers how to respond to sick or self-isolating employees during this pandemic. Please read the attached document here and...
March 17, 2020
2020 BCGEU scholarships
We are now accepting applications for the 2020 BCGEU scholarships. Our annual scholarship programme of $60,000 offers awards of $2,000 for full-time students and $1,000 for part-time students. Scholarships are funded by the dues of our 80,000 members.
Download the poster here.
Eligibility
A BCGEU member in good standing, or related to a current, retired or deceased BCGEU member or staff; and
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March 13, 2020
BCGEU calls for suspension of rent and mortgage payments for sick/self-isolat...
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....
March 12, 2020
Local 502 Convention Delegate Nomination & Election Results - BCGEU
Before the close of the convention delegate nominations at your general membership meeting held on March 3, 2020 your local received 3 nomination for BCGEU Convention Delegates. Your local is entitled to 2 convention delegates and your Local Chairperson, Jennifer Newman, will attend by right as per the BCGEU Constitution and Bylaws.
Nominations were opened for the additional 1 convention deleg...