NEWS & UPDATES
March 18, 2020
No progress for bargaining in BC Family Maintenance Agency Ltd. (BCFMA) - BCGEU
Your bargaining committee returned to the bargaining table with BCFMA today for the first time since BCGEU members voted 100% in favour of taking strike action if necessary.We are disappointed that the unanimous strike mandate has not caused the Employer to shift its position. We now doubt that critical wage inequities can be addressed without a work stoppage. Bargaining scheduled for today (Tu...
March 17, 2020
2020 BCGEU scholarships
The 2020 BCGEU scholarship deadline has passed and we are no longer accepting applications. We have received over 400 applications – thank you for all your hard work!
If you have submitted an application, we will be announcing the successful applicants once our Education and Scholarship committee has met and considered all of the applications. We expect to be able to advise applicants by the en...
March 16, 2020
Social Work Week celebrates important work of social work professionals - BCGEU
Social Work Week celebrates important work of social work professionals - a message from Judy Fox-McGuire, vice-president of the social, information and health component March 15-21, 2020 is Social Work Week — the time of year to celebrate the important work of the social work professionals who touch the lives of thousands of children, youth and families around the province. I know just how dem...
March 13, 2020
BCGEU calls for suspension of rent and mortgage payments for sick/self-isolat...
Burnaby, B.C. – In response to the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a "pandemic" and public health experts recommending social distancing including self-isolation for exposed or symptomatic people, the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) is calling on federal and provincial governments to immediately suspend all mortgage and rent payments until the pandemic is over....
March 13, 2020
Local 602 Convention Delegate Nomination & Election Results - BCGEU
Before the close of the convention delegate nominations at your general membership meeting held on March 11, 2020, your local received three nominations for convention delegate. Your local is entitled to 3 convention delegates. Your Local Chairperson, Daryl Marceau, attends by right as per the BCGEU Constitution and Bylaws. Therefore, your local was seeking 2 additional delegate to convention a...
March 11, 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic Response - BCGEU
Today, the WHO declared that COVID-19 has escalated from public health crisis to pandemic. In plain language this means the public health priority has shifted from preventing the spread of the virus to slowing it down so that our healthcare system doesn't get overwhelmed by too many infections happening concurrently. In light of this, the Provincial Executive of the BCGEU unanimously passed the...
March 11, 2020
Strike action: stand with IBEW members on strike against Ledcor tomorrow - BCGEU
Our union encourages members in the Vancouver area to stand in solidarity with members of IBEW Local 213 on Thursday, March 12 at 3 pm in front of Ledcor's office at 1055 West Hastings Street downtown. These workers are fighting for their first contract with Ledcor. The strike began on Sept. 30, 2019. Their battle for a contract began more than two full years earlier on Aug. 31, 2017, when thei...
March 11, 2020
Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction located at 2684 Trinity...
Steward nominations have closed at the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction located at 2684 Trinity Street in Abbotsford.
Please be advised that Samiullah Malik has been acclaimed to the position of Steward for Local 604.
We would like to thank everyone who participated in the process.
Congratulations and welcome Samiullah.
In Solidarity
Harbinder Gill Local 604 Chairperson Sh...
March 11, 2020
BCGEU calls on all employers to drop doctor’s note requirement amid COVID-19 ...
The B.C. Government Employees' Union (BCGEU) is encouraging employers to waive the requirement for employees to produce a sick note to access sick leave. The B.C. government announced last week employees no longer have to produce a sick note amidst concerns over the coronavirus. Read full article here UWU/MoveUP
March 10, 2020
B.C. employers must drop doctor’s note requirements to limit COVID-19 spread,...
B.C. employers must drop doctor's note requirements to limit COVID-19 spread, says BCGEU Burnaby, B.C.- In light of the ongoing concern regarding the COVID-19 virus, the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union is calling on all B.C. employers to waive the requirement for employees to provide a note from a doctor to access their sick leave. "We all must take appropriate steps to limit the s...
March 06, 2020
BCGEU celebrates International Women’s Day for an Equal and Enabled world
March 8th is International Women's Day (IWD), a time to recognize the remarkable achievements by women across the globe and stand in solidarity with calls for decisive action to promote gender justice and end gender-based violence and discrimination. The global theme this year is #EachforEqual An EQUAL World is an ENABLED World.
"As an out and proud feminist who has the privilege to be surround...
March 05, 2020
BCGEU calls on LRB to bring Retirement Concepts members under one bargaining ...
The B.C. Government & Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) has filed a common employer application at the BC Labour Relations Board (LRB) seeking to consolidate all nine of the union's bargaining units with Well Being Services/Retirement Concepts (WBS/RC) into a single bargaining unit. The move to a single bargaining unit would position the union and its members to address many of the issues th...
March 05, 2020
BC union shareholder proposal prompts RBC to confirm screening of U.S. privat...
(Burnaby, BC)Following a shareholder proposal by the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has confirmed that it will not provide lending or financing services to companies including GEO Group (NYSE: GEO) and Core Civic (NYSE: CXW). These U.S. private prison companies operate the majority of U.S. detention facilities currently detaining migrant familie...