NEWS & UPDATES
July 05, 2016
The BCGEU stands with Canada Post workers
Canada Post’s announcement that they will lock out Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) members as soon as Friday is an attack on collective bargaining, its workers and its customers.
Canada Post is refusing to do the work of collective bargaining with CUPW by demanding massive rollbacks on the union’s hard fought gains.
Those rollbacks include moving all new hires from a defined benefit...
June 30, 2016
BCGEU presses Canadian Prime Minister on Mexican teacher repression
Since mid-May, Mexican teachers have launched a nation-wide protest against new government measures that seek to shut down teacher (normal) training schools, base continued employment on teachers’ results on standardized written exams, and eliminate the need for pedagogical training for new teachers. The government’s response has been a wave of violence that includes the abduction and arbitrary...
June 29, 2016
Working Poverty in Metro Vancouver: the extent of the problem and realistic s...
Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a study on poverty in Vancouver. The report, Working Poverty in Metro Vancouver, presents sobering details on the increasing levels of poverty in the region. It also dispels an important myth about poverty: that getting a job will help lift a person out of poverty.
Poverty in B.C.’s largest city is increasingly a story of low pa...
June 28, 2016
CLBC reorganization survey results
Earlier this year BC Government and Service Employees’ Union delegates to the BCGEU-CLBC Collaboration Group (CBCG) surveyed the membership concerning the reorganization of Community Living BC (CLBC). This bulletin is a summary report of the findings of that survey.
Methodology
A random sample of one-third of CLBC’s entire BCGEU workforce was the basis for the survey. The survey was conducted...
June 24, 2016
Local 605 union meeting
DATE: Thursday, July 14, 2016
TIME: 5:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
PLACE: BCGEU Area Office – 158 Oriole Rd (Back Entrance)
Please rsvp to [email protected] by Noon on July 13, 2016
AGENDA
REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS
REPORTS
COMPONENT EXECUTIVE REPORT
DELEGATE REPORT
All local 605 members are encouraged to attend!
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
June 24, 2016
Local 604 meeting
DATE: Thursday, July 14, 2016
TIME: 6:00 p.m. Executive / 7:00 p.m. General
PLACE: 8555 198A St., Langley Twp (if using a map search you must enter TWP)
AGENDA
Component Executive report
Article 29 report
Grievances / Appendix 4 report
Article 32.15 report
OH&S
Cross Component
Member/Worksite Issues
In solidarity
Ron Anganu
Staff Representative
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June 24, 2016
Keep Your Cool!
The recent hot weather in our province generated several calls to the BCGEU Occupational Health and Safety department. Members want to know if the employer has the responsibility to protect workers from hot temperatures both indoors and out. The short answer is “YES!”
The Workers Compensation Act Section 115 mandates that employers must ensure the health and safety of all workers working for t...
June 20, 2016
BCGEU celebrates the 20th National Aboriginal Day
On June 21, 1996 the federal government declared the first National Aboriginal Day. Since that time, the BCGEU has joined the celebrations and the calls for increased support and recognition of Aboriginal peoples across Canada.
Over the course of those 20 years, Aboriginal peoples in Canada have fought for and won many advancements and reinforcements of their rights – sometimes through govern...
June 20, 2016
BCGEU demands freedom for Iranian trade unionists
In solidarity with the Free Them Now campaign to free jailed workers in Iran, the BCGEU sent two letters demanding the release of Jafar Azimzadeh and other jailed trade union leaders. Click here to read the general solidarity letter, and click here for the the more specific letter.
June 16, 2016
Canadians acknowledge contributions of public service workers
June 13-17 is Public Services Week in Canada. Coast to coast to coast, it’s a chance for Canadians to acknowledge the valuable contributions made by workers in the public service. Public services are central to the social and economic fabric of our communities, our province and our country.
Each and every one of us benefits from the contributions made by public services workers every day. They...
June 16, 2016
Local 601 union meeting
DATE: Tuesday, June 21, 2016
TIME: 6:00 pm
PLACE: BCGEU Victoria Area Office – Boardroom (2nd floor)
2994 Douglas Street, Victoria
AGENDA
First call for BC Fed Convention resolutions
Worksite Reports
M2M Report
Component Report
General Union Business
** Light refreshments will be served **
In solidarity
Doug Kinna, Local 601 Chairperson
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
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