NEWS & UPDATES
April 13, 2022
Public Service: NEW VIDEO: Your bargaining committee shares important updates...
As you heard from us last week, contract negotiations between your bargaining committee and your employer remain suspended, and for now, your collective agreement remains in place. This means it is business as usual in your workplace unless and until you hear differently from your union. Your bargaining committee remains committed to getting a fair deal, and we are ready to get back to the barg...
April 13, 2022
All Component 5 Members - You’re encouraged to take the WES survey - BC Gener...
As you may be aware, the BC Public Service is conducting their annual Workplace Environment Survey (WES) -- and this includes the LDB. The WES survey is an opportunity for us to confidentially provide input on our workplaces. Our union highly encourages you to participate. Our union's Article 29 committees -- where our union and management work together to address workplace issues -- use the re...
April 12, 2022
Vancouver Island library job action paused as BCGEU librarians consider wage ...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Members of the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) working as librarians for the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) have reached a tentative agreement with their employer and, as a result, are pausing job action. The offer comes after a month of rotating pickets at various VIRL branches. Following meetings to discuss the terms of the tentative ag...
April 07, 2022
Public service contract talks reach impasse over wage proposals - BC General ...
After nine weeks of negotiations, talks between your bargaining committee and the employer – B.C.'s Public Service Agency – reached an impasse on Wednesday, April 6th because the employer's revised wage proposal failed to meet your bottom line of cost of living adjustment (COLA) protections.Throughout the preparation for bargaining last fall, you were clear that COLA was your top priority for t...
April 07, 2022
22% of RBC Shareholders Back Resolution on Financialization of Housing - BC G...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Today, RBC (TSX: RY) shareholders voted 22% in favour of a proposal asking for the company to assess and mitigate the human rights and reputational risks involved in the financialization of housing. The proposal was presented by the B.C. General Employees’ Union, an institutional investor in RBC. In response to the AGM results, BCGEU President Stephani...
April 06, 2022
Day of Mourning on April 28 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Every year, on April 28, BCGEU members across the province come together to honour and remember co-workers and family members who were injured, made sick or killed because of something that happened at work. As COVID-19 restrictions loosen, our coming together this year will once again be in-person. It is critical that we all remember those workers and reiterate our commitment to fight for the ...
March 31, 2022
Collective Agreement Expires April 1st – Negotiations resume next week - BC G...
Tomorrow, April 1st, marks the expiry of the 18th Main and Component collective agreements for B.C.’s public service. The employer – the provincial government’s Public Service Agency – confirmed with your bargaining committee yesterday that they are prepared to resume negotiations early next week with a revised monetary offer. As a result, we have scheduled talks to resume in Vancouver April 5t...
March 30, 2022
All BCGEU Members working at BCLDB GLS #136 (Arbutus) - Steward Nominations –...
Nominations are now open for one (1) steward position at your worksite and will close at midnight on Tuesday April 12, 2022.Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to co-w...
March 30, 2022
All BCGEU Members working BCLDB GLS # 300 (Broadway & Lillooet) - Steward Nom...
Nominations are now open for two (2) steward positions at your worksite and will close at midnight on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union. Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to...
March 29, 2022
BCGEU librarians still without offer, all to strike with pickets at targeted ...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – After more than a week without an offer from their employer, members of the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) working as librarians for the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) are escalating their job action. As of 7:00 am Wednesday, March 30th, all BCGEU members working as VIRL employees will be on strike. In person and virtual services at all ...
March 29, 2022
All BCGEU Members working at BCLDB GLS #160 (39th & Cambie) - Steward Nominat...
Nominations are now open for one (1) steward position at your worksite and will close at midnight on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.
Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.
Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to ...
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