Component 6 primarily includes members work for the Government of B.C. in a variety of social, cultural, educational, information technology, research, health care delivery and associated direct technical support functions. Component 6 also includes members who perform services in these fields at employers contracted by the government.
The provincial government is failing to implement important Plecas report recommendations dealing with social worker wages, the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union said today.
Wage rates remain a major impediment to retaining highly trained social workers. The Plecas report shows that social worker wage rates are about 11 per cent below the national average.
The BCGEU has been worki...
Are you a BCGEU member works in an office environment providing administrative services OR provides frontline service to the public in an administrative role?
If the answer is YES, then save these dates: Sunday, October 1 to Tuesday, October 3, 2017 for “File This!”, a BCGEU conference for members who work in administrative services.
The conference will be held in Richmond, B.C. and feature g...
To: All BCGEU Local 603 Stewards
Re: Enhanced Stewards' Training for Local 603 Stewards
Date: Thursday, April 6, 2017
Time: 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Location: Lower Mainland Area Office (Squamish Room), Suite #130 – 2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver, BC V5M 0C4
Local 603 is putting on a day of training for stewards. We are hoping you are able to attend. Lunch will be provided. Leaves of abs...
The BCGEU expresses its condemnation of the bomb threat made to a Vancouver Jewish Community Centre last night. This kind of violence and anti-Semitism must not be tolerated. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish Community, and the families affected by this event.
We are also heartened by expressions of support British Columbians are extending to the Jewish Community as we stand against hate ...
To: All BCGEU Local 0611 Members
Re: Elections for Local 0611 Executive
The BCGEU is holding elections for the following positions of the Local 0611 Executive. Candidate statements are attached for those candidates who provided them:
Local 0611 Chair:
Pam McGuffie
Flint Keil
Local 0611 2nd Vice Chair:
Debra Burns
Katherine Marchand
Ballots are available from your stewards or...
Today, we?re proud to celebrate International Women?s Day 2017 ? Be Bold for Change. International Women?s Day is a day to celebrate the valuable achievements women have made across the world and a time to reflect on the progress made to advance equality for women. Despite these successes, we recognize that there are still many barriers and challenges that remain in working towards gender parit...
To: All 604 BCGEU Members
Ministry of Social Development & Social Innovation, 13401 108 Avenue, Surrey
Re: Steward Nomination (4 positions)
Nominations are now open for three positions for a steward at your worksite, and will close April 7, 2017.
The steward is the face of the union at your worksite.
Some of the roles of the steward are:
To enforce the collective a...
To: All 604 BCGEU
Members at Ministry of Social Development & Social Innovation
45540 Yale Rd, Chilliwack
Re: Steward Nomination (1 position)
Nominations are now open for one position for a steward at your worksite, and will close April 7, 2017.
The steward is the face of the union at your worksite.
Some of the roles of the steward are:
To enforce the co...
"2 Day Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 22, 2017. "Ergonomics" will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2017. These courses will be held at the Burnaby Head Office? 4911 Canada Way, Burnaby from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS le...
To all Labour Code OHS Committee Members in the Vancouver Area
"Prevention of Workplace Violence" will be held on Wednesday, April 19. This course will be held at the BCGEU office at #130-2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
In the Prevention of Workplace Violence you will learn:
The legislative requirements for a violence prevention program
The definition of workplace viole...
To: Stewards and Executive Members in Local 0612
Re: Enhanced Steward Training
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Enhanced Steward Training
Date: Thursday, April 6, 2017
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Northwest Area Office of the BCGEU
#102 - 4710 Lazelle Avenue
Terrace, BC V8...
LOCAL: 1201/601 – STEWARDS ONLY MEETING
DATE: Tuesday, March 14, 2017
TIME: 5:30 pm
PLACE: BCGEU Victoria Area Office - Auditorium
AGENDA
Please join us for a meeting so stewards can discuss workplace issues.
** Food and beverages will be provided **
In solidarity
Maria Middlemiss, Local 1201 Chairperson
Cathy McCallum, Staff Representative
Download PDF of notice here
Local...
A lot of questions and comments came in with the benefits provider transition announcement in January.
Download a PDF version an information bulletin from the Public Services Agency. (March 2, 2017)
The Multi Year Action Plan for the Ministry of Child and Family Development released by the B.C. government addresses some key goals from the Ed John report, but fails to address the central issue of staff retention as identified in the Plecas report, the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union says.
Under the plan’s objective to “enhance services, supports and systems to better serve all...
Effective April 1, 2017, the contract for providing Employee and Family Assistance Services (formerly referred to as Employee and Family Assistance Program or EFAP) will change. The contract with the current provider, Homewood Health, expires on March 31, 2017. The new provider, Morneau Shepell, will assume the contract on April 1, 2017.
For the first time, the BCGEU participated in the Request...
Supported through CoDevelopment Canada, APSIES is a grassroots organization that works in five rural municipalities in southeastern El Salvador to mobilize citizens to protect and enhance publicly-funded healthcare and other social services. APSIES takes a comprehensive approach to health as a human right, with a special emphasis on women?s empowerment primarily through education and capacity-b...
Mildred ?Millie? Irene Canessa
July 20, 1927 - February 19, 2017
Long-time trade unionist and social activist Millie Canessa passed away Sunday morning.
An ardent defender of human rights and social justice causes including gender equality and workers' rights, Millie dedicated most of her life to bettering her community.
Millie joined the Government Employees' Association in 1967, prior to t...
BC Budget 2017
This week, the BC Liberals delivered a pre-election budget with uncharacteristic commitments to new spending. In his budget speech, Finance Minister Mike de Jong boasted about the province’s ability to make service and program investments after so many years of discipline and sacrifice by British Columbians.
Indeed—albeit on the heels of intense public and media pressure—there ...
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam),
Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
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