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June 17, 2021
ISM Bargaining Update BCGEU - BCGEU
Thank you for your attendance at the Town Hall Microsoft Teams meeting. We appreciate your support and confirmation of the Bargaining Committee direction. We heard from you that you are not willing to take the last wage offer from the Employer. We also heard that you are willing to take a Strike Vote for a fair settlement.
We are scheduled to hear from the Employer next week to determine next s...
June 13, 2021
Stephanie Smith re-elected to third term at BCGEU’s first virtual convention ...
Vancouver, BC (Coast Salish Territories)-The BCGEU emerged from its 51st triennial constitutional convention on Saturday, June 12th with a new name, an ambitious agenda for the next three years, and Stephanie Smith acclaimed to lead the union's 82,000 members as president for a third term.
In addition to president, delegates elected five other members of the 2021-2024 executive committee. Treas...
June 13, 2021
Convention 2021 wrap-up – a new executive and a new name. - BCGEU
Our union’s 2021 Constitution Convention has come to a close. Over the course of convention, members passed resolutions determining the direction of our union over the next three years and elected our union’s executive officers for the same period. Be on the lookout for a more thorough wrap up of convention in the next issue of The Provincial magazine.
ElectionsCongratulations to our new BCGEU ...
June 11, 2021
Congratulations to the 2021 BCGEU Scholarship Winners.
Congratulations to the 2021 BCGEU Scholarship Winners.
The BCGEU is pleased to support our 2021 scholarship recipients in their continuing education.
2021 Scholarship Winners List
(Winners will be mailed a letter with instructions on how to claim their scholarship).
This year, applicants were asked to write an essay on one of four topics:
The coronavirus pandemic has deemed frontline workers ...
June 09, 2021
BCGEU to honour Dr. Cindy Blackstock with Spirit of Leadership award at 51st ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 9, 2021BCGEU to honour Dr. Cindy Blackstock with Spirit of Leadership award at 51st conventionBURNABY, B.C. COAST SALISH TERRITORIES – on Thursday, June 10, at the 51st convention of the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), Dr. Cindy Blackstock will be honoured with the Spirit of Leadership award, a triennial honour which the union bestows upon an indi...
June 09, 2021
More than 20 per cent of Dollarama shareholders demand human rights risk over...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
One in five shareholders call for human rights probe of outsourcing practices at warehouse and distribution centres
Vancouver - Today, 21 per cent of Dollarama (TSX: DOL) shareholders voted in favour of a proposal asking the company to investigate and report on potential human rights abuses enabled by the use of third-party staffing agencies supplying temporary workers.
Th...
June 09, 2021
70%+ of Independent Thomson Reuters Shareholders Demand Action on Human Right...
70%+ of Independent Thomson Reuters Shareholders Demand Action on Human Rights Risks Related to ICE Contracts
The majority of independent shareholders demand human rights due diligence related to contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security
Burnaby - At the Thomson Reuters (NYSE, TSX: TRI) annual general meeting of shareholders held today, 19% of all shareholder...
June 03, 2021
NTT Data Canada Bargaining Update - BCGEU
Thank you for attending the Town Hall Bargaining Information session on Wednesday night.
The membership gave us clear direction that the employer's last wage offer is unacceptable.
As discussed, we met with the employer on June 3rd to provide them with the membership's message and direction. The employer's position has not changed but they have requested a follow up bargaining session during th...
June 01, 2021
BCGEU Indigenous Advisory Committee statement on discovery at Kamloops Indian...
On behalf of the BCGEU Provincial Executive Indigenous Advisory Committee and all Indigenous members of the BCGEU, we express our deepest condolences to the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, the survivors of the Kamloops Indian Residential School and the kin of those who never came home. The BCGEU's Indigenous members across the province, including members of the committee, have shared thei...
May 31, 2021
All Local 603 Members at the Liquor Distribution Branch Head Office, 3383 Gil...
Nominations are now open for two (2) steward positions at the Liquor Distribution Branch Head Office located at 3383 Gilmore Way, Burnaby. Deadline for the return of nominations is at 5:00 pm on June 14, 2021. Nomination forms may be returned by one of the following methods:
By fax to 604-215-1410
By email to [email protected]
What do Stewards do? Stewards provide support and advice to members...
May 28, 2021
NTT Data Canada Bargaining Update - BCGEU
The Bargaining Committee has been meeting with the Employer almost weekly since Negotiations commenced in March.
While we have made some gains in non-monetary issues, we are very far apart in wages, benefits and job security. We know this is important to you, so we will be calling a Town Hall Meeting for Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 7:00 pm to get direction from you and to plan the next steps. A ...
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