NEWS & UPDATES
April 18, 2017
MSDSI Workplace Survey Findings - BCGEU
In November 2016, BCGEU’s Component 6 and 12 executives and Research and Interactive Services department conducted an extensive survey of members who work in the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation (MSDSI).
Using the guidance and input of component and local executive members who work in income and disability assistance, this survey was designed to gather information on worklo...
April 13, 2017
Local 0611 Election Results - BCGEU
Local 0611 Members:
The elections for the positions of Local Chair and 2nd Vice Chair closed last night and your Balloting Committee met to count the ballots. The results are as follows:
We are pleased to announce Member Flint Keil was elected as your Local Chair and Member Katherine Marchand was elected as 2nd Vice Chair. Congratulations to both!
We want to take this opportunity to thank ...
April 13, 2017
VIDEO: Social workers demand better workplace conditions from B.C. government...
Dozens of Ministry of Children and Family Development employees came out to demand higher wages and proper training for B.C. social workers in Vancouver Tuesday.
Employees’ main demands are that the government address wage concerns, a lack of backfill and proper training for frontline social workers in the ministry.
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April 13, 2017
Kids in care suffering due to low wages and lack of support for social worker...
Stressed, underpaid and overworked child protection staff are failing children in care, warns the union representing government workers in B.C.
Social workers and representatives from the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) rallied at MLA Sam Sullivan's office Tuesday.
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April 13, 2017
MCFD staff rally in Downtown Vancouver to demand change - BCGEU
The union representing front-line workers with the Ministry of Children and Family Development says inadequate pay and chronic staffing challenges are causing children and youth to fall through the cracks.
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April 13, 2017
Social worker salaries, numbers need boost: union - BCGEU
Inadequate funding and staffing for children and family services are putting BC kids at risk, according to the province’s government employees union.
Chanting “children first,” about 40 BC Government Service Employees Union (BCGEU) members and supporters gathered outside MLA Sam Sullivan’s Yaletown office in protest this afternoon.
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April 13, 2017
Training Day -Labour Code OHS Committee Reps - BCGEU
Did you know you are entitled to annual education leave totaling at least 8 hours? Did you also know your employer is required to support this training without loss of pay or other benefits? The employer must cover the costs of the training and any other reasonable costs to attend the course. If you are unable to take the training yourself, you have the right to assign your 8 hour annual allot...
April 13, 2017
Rally in Maple Ridge over youth worker wages - BCGEU
Maple Ridge child and youth mental health workers and protection workerss skipped their lunch break Wednesdays and picked up picket signs to protest what they say are low wages, staff shortages and overwork.
"Vulnerable children are falling through the cracks," said Doug Kinna, vice-president of social component of the B.C. Government Employees Union.
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April 13, 2017
Autism group says families in the dark about MCFD plan for service delivery -...
A new report by a B.C. autism group says families dealing with the disorder don’t have confidence the government can do a better job of providing services than non-profit groups.
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April 13, 2017
Quesnel Council Talks Marijuana - BCGEU
Quesnel City Council has begun the process of preparing for the legalization of marijuana.
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April 13, 2017
'Shocking' numbers of aboriginal children in care an 'embarrassment,' childre...
(March 2017 Article)
The high numbers of aboriginal children being taken into foster care in B.C. is “shocking” and “an embarrassment to the community,” the province’s children’s representative says.
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April 13, 2017
Public Sector Benefits Update #2 - BCGEU
The BCGEU continues to monitor the impacts of the decision of the Government to change the benefit carrier for all public service employees to ensure your benefits are protected. As of April 1, Great West Life – GWL is now the benefit carrier for the BC Public Service.
Here are three issues we have addressed this week and we will update further as needed.
1. Deductible
Members had rep...
April 13, 2017
Child care initiative leads to backlash - BCGEU
(March 2017 Article)
Mayor’s initiative was created to encourage younger people to join municipal politics. A proposal to cover city councillor child care costs in the 2017-2021 budget has led to some public backlash for one councillor.
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April 13, 2017
Youth in foster care should be nurtured and supported past the age of majorit...
(March 2017 Article)
On February 7, Bernard Richard, Acting BC Representative for Children and Youth, released a report called Broken Promises, chronicling the heartbreaking story of Alex Gervais, a Métis teenager who had been in care since he was a child. In September 2015, Alex ended his life at age 18, jumping from the window of a budget hotel room in Abbotsford, where the Ministry of Child...
April 13, 2017
Kids’ lives are at stake, and B.C. needs to do better - BCGEU
(February 2017 Article)
The B.C. legislature is back in session, and the state of our province’s child-welfare system has rocketed up the agenda after the latest in a long line of reports from B.C.’s office of the representative for children and youth.
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April 12, 2017
Big unions are big donors to NDP, but amenable to banning their contributions...
(February 2017 Article)
Similar to big corporate donors to the B.C. Liberals, big unions are major contributors to the B.C. NDP.
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April 12, 2017
President Smith supports Sussanne Skidmore for Canadian Labour Congress VP - ...
www.sussanneskidmore.ca
I am pleased and proud to support Sussanne Skidmore's candidacy for the position of Vice-President, Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). Sussanne is an established union leader, who began her social justice and labour activism more than a decade ago as a young worker. This makes her uniquely positioned to help evolve and grow the labour movement during increasingly complex...
April 12, 2017
Systems fail children as reports pile up - BCGEU
(January 2017 Article)
The representative for children and youth’s office developed a custom over the years of including a tag line in the titles of special reports that sum up the horror story under discussion.
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April 12, 2017
Parents of toddler who died in Vancouver daycare accident call for more accou...
(January 2017 Article)
The parents of a 16-month-old toddler who died in an accident at a Vancouver daycare this month are demanding an overhaul of B.C.’s child care system.
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April 11, 2017
Ministry of Children and Family Development workers demand implementation of...
What: Rally to support B.C.’s Children and Youth
Who: Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) workers
When: Wednesday April 12 at 12pm
Where: MLA Doug Bing’s Constituency Office, 20130 Lougheed Highway, Maple Ridge.
Why: The B.C. Government has refused to fund and implement several recommendations from Bob Plecas’ review of child welfare in B.C. (the Plecas report), including wa...
April 11, 2017
Public Sector Benefits Update - BCGEU
The BCGEU was not invited to participate in the decision to change benefit carriers, but we have monitored progress on your behalf to ensure your benefits are protected. We have been assured by government there is no change in coverage, and will continue to verify this is the case.
The following are the three most common issues that members have raised regarding the transition from Pacific Blue...
April 07, 2017
Local 603 General Membership Meeting - BCGEU
COMPONENT: 6 – Social, Information & Health
LOCAL: 603
DATE: Thursday, April 20, 2017
TIME: 6:00 pm – General Membership Meeting
PLACE: Lower Mainland Area Office – Musqueam Room
Suite #130 – 2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver
AGENDA
Number of Local Positions
Local Financial Status
PARKING INFORMATION:
W...
April 07, 2017
Urgent Action: Forced Displacements in Cali, Colombia Forced Displacements Le...
For over sixty years, the Cauca River in Cali, Colombia has been home to thousands of residents who farm, run businesses and live along its banks (known as el Jarillón). Since October 2016, families in the Venecia Las Vegas neighbourhood of el Jarillón have been forcibly displaced and seen their houses torn down by the municipality of Cali to make way for a tourist walk way and cargo port. Now ...
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