NEWS & UPDATES
July 18, 2025
Public service workers to take strike vote following impasse - BC General Emp...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 2025
VICTORIA, B.C. – Over 34,000 members of the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) working for B.C.’s public service will prepare to take a strike vote following a breakdown in negotiations for their next collective agreement. The union and the provincial government's Public Service Agency (PSA) reached an impasse today over key issues, including competiti...
July 18, 2025
Public Service Bargaining Impasse reached with employer; prepare for strike v...
Bargaining update: Impasse reached with employer; prepare for strike vote
Negotiations between your bargaining committee and the provincial government's Public Service Agency (PSA) have reached an impasse. Despite our ongoing efforts, and six months of bargaining, a significant gap remains. We have not seen meaningful progress in wage proposals, a classification system that properly values ou...
July 18, 2025
TODAY: BCGEU update on public service negotiations - BC General Employees' Un...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 18, 2025
VICTORIA, B.C. – BCGEU president and public service bargaining committee chair Paul Finch will hold a press conference today to update media on recent developments in negotiations between the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) and the provincial government's Public Service Agency (PSA).
The BCGEU will also be releasing a new report, B.C.'s public service:...
July 17, 2025
All Area 04 Members -Cultural and Carnival Day August 9, 2025 - BC General Em...
To: All Area 04 BCGEU membersRe: Cultural & Carnival Day Event August 9, 2025
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 9, 2025Place: 8555 198 A Street, Langley BC V2Y 0A9 (Fraser Valley Area Office)Time: 11 am – 3 pm The goal of this event is to bring together the rich...
July 11, 2025
July 12—Honouring the Brooklyn Tower Crane Collapse Workers and Opening of Me...
This July 12 marks four years since the devastating Brooklyn Tower crane collapse in downtown Kelowna-a tragedy that took the lives of five workers: Patrick Stemmer, Eric Stemmer, Cailen Vilness, Brad Zawislak, and Jared Zook. Each of them went to work that morning and didn't come home. And each of them deserves to be remembered-not just for how they died, but for who they were and the communi...
July 10, 2025
Public Service Bargaining - This week in bargaining: Updates from your commit...
Updates from your committee chair
This week, your Public Service Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations with the employer in Vancouver.
In a new video update, BCGEU President and Bargaining Committee Chair Paul Finch outlines the latest developments at the table. While there has been some progress in the last week-particularly on component proposals and non-monetary items like the Rapid Grie...
July 04, 2025
Back at the table: Bargaining resumes in Vancouver - BC General Employees' Un...
Back at the table: Bargaining resumes in VancouverThis week, bargaining resumed in Vancouver between your bargaining committee and your employer – the B.C. government's Public Service Agency. Your bargaining committee remains steadfast on advancing the key priorities identified by thousands of members through the most extensive consultation in our union's history. These priorities include:
Co...
July 03, 2025
NTT Data Canada - Bargaining Update - Ratification Document - BC General Empl...
Please see the attached link here to receive your Ratification Document containing full details of the tentative settlement reached on June 25th.The virtual Ratification Townhall meeting, via Zoom, is scheduled for Tuesday, July 8th from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm (PST). If you are not receiving bargaining updates, please log into the Member Portal here. If you haven't logged in before, you can sign up...
July 02, 2025
Local 604 MCFD Meeting Notice - July 9, 2025 - BC General Employees' Union (B...
COMPONENT: Social Information & Health (6)
LOCAL: Local 604 MCFD Members
DATE: July 9, 2025 (Lunch Hour)
TIME: 12:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting
This is a meeting notice for Local 604 members working for the Ministry of Children and Family Development. This meeting will be held virtually.
AGENDA
Land Acknowledgement
Introduction of Local Executive Members
Information and updates on Bargaining...
June 28, 2025
Remembering the Stonewall Uprising - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
A Statement from BCGEU's Executive Vice-President and Chair of the 2SLGBTQIA+ Committee Tristen Wybou“No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us” ~ Marsha P. Johnson
When you think Americana, you probably don’t think of the Stonewall Inn – the gay bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich village that was raided by police on this day in 1969, famously catalyzing a multi-day resistance to stat...
June 27, 2025
Monetary counteroffer reflects member priorities - BC General Employees' Unio...
Monetary counteroffer reflects member priorities Earlier this week, your bargaining committee presented a monetary counteroffer to the employer-including proposals on wages and benefits. In his opening remarks at the table with the employer, Committee Chair Paul Finch made it clear: the employer's initial wage offer falls far short of what members have identified as fair and reasonable. Your b...
June 27, 2025
MEDIA RELEASE - BCGEU Condemns Violent Incident at MLA Bowinn Ma’s Constituen...
MEDIA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BCGEU Condemns Violent Incident at MLA Bowinn Ma's Constituency Office
Burnaby, B.C. June 27, 2025 –
We are deeply disturbed by the violent incident that unfolded today in front of the constituency office of MLA Bowinn Ma. We are grateful to hear that no one was injured and that the BCGEU members working in this and other constituency offices across...
June 27, 2025
NTT Data Canada - Bargaining Update - Tentative Settlement Reached - BC Gener...
After several bargaining sessions with NTT, we are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative settlement.
A ratification document with complete details of the settlement will be sent to each member several days prior to the town hall meeting. Please ensure that we have your updated contact information so that you can receive your voting credential and any further information by loggin...
June 26, 2025
Public Service Worksite Contacts - Understanding your role as a Worksite Cont...
As a Worksite Contact during this round of public service bargaining, we understand you likely have questions about your role. We want to make sure that you feel prepared to take on this important work. That’s why we have just released this video to guide you:
In addition, we have prepared a resource package and one-pager that you can refer to for information about the Member Web App, how to c...
June 20, 2025
Public Service Members - Employer tables opening wage offer - BC General Empl...
Employer tables opening wage offer
Public service bargaining has resumed in Vancouver following a pause in negotiations between your Public Service Bargaining Committee and the provincial government's Public Service Agency (PSA).On Tuesday, your employer tabled its monetary proposals, including wages and benefits. This includes a proposed two-year agreement with the following General Wage Incre...
June 19, 2025
Join us for Pride Events in Area 01 on June 22 and July 6! - BC General Emplo...
As we head into Pride, we are reminded that the first Pride was a collective uprising against injustice. It is in that spirit of solidarity and defiance that we mark this Pride season with our new theme:
Our Pride, Our Right, Our Future, Our Fight.
We hope you'll join us at one of the following Pride events in Area 01:
Cowichan Pride on Sunday, June 22
Victoria Pride on Sunday, July 6
To ...
June 13, 2025
All BCGEU Members at Community Living BC - CLBC Bargaining Survey & Town Hall...
Bargaining Survey – We Need Your Input!
To prepare to negotiate renewal of your collective agreement, your bargaining committee needs your input on what is important to you. Please check your email, or ask a coworker for the link, to complete the electronic survey by Friday, June 27, 2025.
Bargaining Townhall Meeting
Your bargaining committee will host a virtual bargaining townhall meeting to...
June 13, 2025
Your priorities – and what you’re willing to fight for - BC General Employees...
Dear Friend,
Next week, we're heading back to the bargaining table, with more talks scheduled for the following week.
We're still working through key non-monetary issues-like modernizing our collective agreement and securing fair telework provisions. But we expect to exchange proposals on wages, benefits, and other monetary items soon.
That's when we'll see if the employer is bringing an offe...
June 13, 2025
Social Development & Poverty Reduction Nominations for Stewards - BC General ...
Nominations are now open for stewards at Social Development & Poverty Reduction and will close at 5:00 pm on June 26, 2025. 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...
June 12, 2025
BCGEU Members at Social Development & Poverty Reduction, Surrey North - Stewa...
Nominations are now open for stewards at Social Development & Poverty Reduction and will close at 5:00 pm on June 26, 2025.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 c...
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