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September 22, 2021
Recruitment and retention discussed at BCGEU-MCFD meetings - BCGEU
BCGEU leadership met last week with senior government officials from the Ministry of Children and Family Development and the BC Public Service Agency. The meeting focused on the ongoing problem of recruitment and retention, and discussions centred around some of the ministry's ideas to address it. Our union pushed the issue of recruitment and retention in the last round of bargaining, and we w...
September 17, 2021
Local 601 - General Meeting - BCGEU
COMPONENT: Social, Information and Health Services ComponentLOCAL: 601 - General Meeting DATE: Tuesday, September 28, 2021TIME: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 pmPLACE: Zoom Virtual Meeting
AGENDA – Bargaining Resolutions
Thanks to everyone who submitted resolutions on what should be includedin the next Collective Agreement.At this upcomi...
September 17, 2021
NTT Data Canada Inc. - Collective Agreement Ratified - BCGEU
Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that the tentative agreement has been ratified by both parties! Bargaining unit members have voted 66% in favour of ratification.The parties will now work to finalize the renewed collective agreement document for distribution. In the meantime, members may refer to the Ratification Document together for a complete picture of the collective agreeme...
September 14, 2021
Public Service Main and Component Bargaining Proposals for the 19th Public Se...
Preparations for the 19th Public Service negotiations are already commencing. Therefore, we are calling for locals to meet and prepare draft proposals and resolutions for submission to their respective components. They are to be forwarded to the Component Executives in order for proposals and resolutions to be vetted and allocated to either the Public Service Main or Component tables. The deadl...
September 10, 2021
BCGEU provides submission to BC Gov’t to help build a long-term economic plan...
BCGEU provides submission to BC Gov't to help build a long-term economic plan for B.C.
This past June, the B.C. government requested input from business, labour, Indigenous and other stakeholders for the development of our province's long-term, post-pandemic economic plan.
Your union represented the voices of our 82,000 members in the consultative process, which involved Ravi Kahlon, Minister o...
September 10, 2021
BC Wildfire Service - Working for you - BCGEU
It has been an intense and scary wildfire season. We know you've been working to the max, and without adequate resources. Issues are flaring, as they have for years. We desperately need a work environment – and the public needs a fire management system – for the 21st century. And bargaining for our new collective agreement will begin soon. Here is what we hope to achieve in bargaining and throu...
September 08, 2021
All BCGEU Members at NTT Data Canada - Bargaining Update - BCGEU
Further to last week's announcement of a tentative agreement being reached, please see attached the Ratification Document for your information.
A Ratification Town hall meeting to discuss the package and to answer questions will be held Tuesday, September 14, 2021 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Ratification Vote Meeting Details
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ...
September 02, 2021
Solidarity in Post-Secondary Labour Movement - BCGEU
Solidarity in Post-Secondary Labour Movement
(British Columbia, September 2, 2021) – With last week's ever-changing landscape in COVID-related announcements affecting BC's post-secondary sector we saw what's possible amidst chaos. Union leaders jumped to action to represent their members in a variety of ways and one of those ways was that we, the undersigned unions, came together as a collectiv...
August 30, 2021
B.C. government liquor and cannabis workers rally for essential pay outside e...
B.C. government liquor and cannabis workers rally for essential pay outside employer's head office, September 1
BURNABY, COAST SALISH TERRITORIES – After five months without response from the Minister of Finance, B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) members working for the BC Liquor Distribution Branch (BCLDB) will rally outside the BCLDB's head office to call for their employer's support in r...
August 30, 2021
All BCGEU Members at NTT Data Canada - Tentative Agreement - BCGEU
On behalf of the NTT Data Bargaining Committee, we are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement.A Ratification town hall meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. A Ratification package outlining all of the details will be sent to each member one week prior to the Ratification meeting. To help ensure you receive a copy of future update...
August 26, 2021
BCGEU welcomes the return of provincial mask mandate, calls for employers to ...
BCGEU welcomes the return of provincial mask mandate, calls for employers to ensure safe worksitesBURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – Members of the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) are pleased by the reissuing of a provincial mask mandate for indoor, public spaces, and calling it an important layer of protection for front-line workers."Vaccines are an amazing tool in stopping the s...
August 26, 2021
ISM Canada - Collective Agreement Ratified - BCGEU
Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that the tentative agreement has been ratified by both parties!Bargaining unit members have voted in favour of ratification.The parties will now work to finalize the renewed collective agreement document for distribution. In the meantime, members may refer to the Ratification Bulletin together for a complete picture of the collective agreement la...
August 25, 2021
UPDATE: Public Service remote work and mask mandate - BCGEU
UPDATE - Remote work and mask mandateWe are pleased to report that the BC Public Service has agreed to our request -- see Monday's bulletin and letter here -- to allow employees who are working from home to continue to do so beyond the September 7 deadline without an approved telework agreement until at least October 12.Our union will continue to advocate for health and safety precautions that ...
August 24, 2021
NTT Data Canada - Bargaining Update - BCGEU
We have three bargaining days scheduled and the parties will return to the Bargaining table on Tuesday, August 24th. Please be advised that Jessie Bains has resigned from the Bargaining Unit and from the Bargaining committee. We thank Jessie for his service to the membership over many years and we wish him good luck in his future endeavours. If you have any questions, please reach out to a memb...
August 23, 2021
BCGEU calls for delay of telework requirement, reinstatement of masks in publ...
In today's COVID update, the B.C. government announced that the province would not be moving to Step 4 of the provincial restart plan as anticipated on September 7, 2021. September 7 had been set as the date that members continuing to work from home would be required to have an "approved telework agreement", as per a July 20 communication from the BC Public Service:
"those who wish to continue ...
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