NEWS & UPDATES
April 16, 2021
Happening soon – Local meetings to elect convention delegates - BCGEU
Once every three years members from across the province elect their representatives to convention. They're called delegates.
The next BCGEU convention will take place June 9-12, 2021.
These delegates attend BCGEU convention and vote on important resolutions, and in the election of the President, Treasurer, and Executive Vice-Presidents. For more information on convention, check out the latest i...
April 13, 2021
B.C. liquor and cannabis workers rally for essential pay at Finance Minister’...
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April 13, 2021B.C. liquor and cannabis workers rally for essential pay at Finance Minister's offices
BURNABY, COAST SALISH TERRITORIES – After more than a year of serving the public safely and peacefully at publicly-owned liquor and cannabis stores and warehouses without financial acknowledgement of their pandemic working conditions, B.C. Government and Service Employees'...
April 12, 2021
We’re rallying at Minister Robinson’s office for essential pay - BCGEU
The following is an update from the BCGEU Component 5 Campaigns Committee, an appointed group of BCGEU members working at BCLDB warehouses and retail stores around the province.
Since March 30 when we last wrote to you, over 1,700 emails have been sent to Finance Minister Selina Robinson asking her to authorize the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch (BCLDB) and BCLDB CEO & GM Blain Lawson to p...
April 01, 2021
COVID-19 unpaid vaccination leave - BCGEU
COVID-19 unpaid vaccination leaveOur union welcomed government's announcement today to provide better protections for workers requiring leave to get vaccinated for COVID-19. As part of B.C.'s Immunization Plan, part-time and full-time workers are now entitled to take unpaid leave from work to get the vaccine. This is a result of changes to the Employment Standards Act that also include taking t...
March 31, 2021
March 2021 Safety Tip: Your Basic OHS Right to Participate - BCGEU
Did you know that, as a worker, you have the Right to Participate in your workplace Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) program, even if you're not a designated OHS rep?
The right to participate can take many forms:
Reporting a workplace hazard or unsafe working condition to your supervisor;
Discussing OHS concerns with your colleagues and health and safety reps;
Being consulted on OHS issue...
March 30, 2021
Tell Minister Robinson now to authorize the BCLDB to provide essential pay - ...
The following is an update from the BCGEU Component 5 Campaigns Committee, an appointed group of BCGEU members working at BCLDB warehouses and retail stores around the province.Our fight for essential pay continues – and since Blain says government has the power to make it happen, let’s call on the Minister of Finance to do just that.>> Complete this form now to tell Selina Robinson to au...
March 29, 2021
BCGEU members ratify collective agreement with Vancouver Island seniors' care...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 29, 2021BCGEU members ratify collective agreement with Vancouver Island seniors' care facilityAfter several months of unsuccessful negotiations, as well as a unanimous vote to strike if a deal could not be reached, B.C. Government & Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) members at Nanaimo Seniors Village have voted by a strong majority to ratify their new collective ag...
March 26, 2021
Blain says he can’t pay #essentialBCLDB but government can - BCGEU
The following is an update from the BCGEU Component 5 Campaigns Committee, an appointed group of BCGEU members working at BCLDB warehouses and retail stores around the province.
Our fight for essential pay continues – and the collective action of BCGEU members at BCLDB warehouses and retail stores is making the employer nervous. On March 16, 700 of us showed up to the BCLDB's virtual employee t...
March 26, 2021
Day of Mourning 2021 - 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. Because of COVID-19, our coming together this year will once again look different but will be no less important. In 2020, 173 workers died due to work, and with many jurisdictions concerned...