NEWS & UPDATES
April 27, 2022
All BCGEU Members at NTT Data - Workforce Adjustment for Members on Deskside ...
As you have heard, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and Fraser Health Authority have decided they no longer need Deskside Technicians to work overnight shifts. This means all Graveyard Deskside Technician shifts will be eliminated. When a decision is made to eliminate bargaining unit positions, the Employer is required to go through a specific process in the Collective Agreement called the Wo...
April 27, 2022
Public service bargaining hits impasse over wage proposals - BC General Emplo...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 7, 2022
VICTORIA, B.C. – Negotiations between the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) and the provincial government's Public Service Agency (PSA) reached an impasse this week over an unresolved gap in wage proposals. The current agreement between the parties, which covers more than 33,000 union members, expired on March 31, 2022.
"Our members have been clear from d...
April 26, 2022
City of Burnaby Greenlights BCGEU Affordable Housing Project - BC General Emp...
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For Immediate Release
City of Burnaby Greenlights BCGEU Affordable Housing Project
Replicable model could be a gamechanger for tackling housing affordability
Burnaby - Yesterday, Burnaby councillors voted seven to two in favour of a rezoning application brought forward by the BCGEU that had the potential to offer a new model for tackling housing affo...
April 25, 2022
Join us: Webinar and Town Hall - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
As you are likely aware, bargaining with the employer has reached impasse and the next step is to conduct a strike vote. In preparation for that vote, your bargaining committee wants to make sure you’ve had a chance to ask any questions you may have on issues ranging from strike pay, the balloting procedure, job action, essential services and many more. We know that one third of you are new to ...
April 25, 2022
BCGEU releases investor brief calling on Loblaw (TSX: L) to take action on su...
Ahead of the Loblaw (TSX: L) annual meeting of shareholders on May 5, 2022, the BCGEU has released an investor brief about its shareholder proposal, raising concerns about forced labour and supply chain controversies at Loblaw. The Proposal asks Loblaw to disclose the results of its supplier audits. In line with its peers
BCGEU encourages investors to vote for this proposal.
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April 25, 2022
All Local 612 Members - General Meeting - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
LOCAL: All Local 612 MembersDATE: Tuesday, May 3, 2022TIME: 6:00pmPLACE: ZOOM
GENERAL MEETING AGENDA
Call to order
Roll Call
First Nations Land Acknowledgement
Additions to the Agenda
Adoption of past minutes
Business arising from minutes
Local Exec Report
New Business a. Steward Recruitment b. Steward Networking c. CCC events/requests
Staff Report
Adjournment
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April 22, 2022
Public Service Bargaining Weekly update: Member Education, Essential Service ...
As reported to you last week, negotiations with your employer remain at impasse. Your bargaining committee is ready to get back to the table the minute that your employer presents us with a revised wage offer that addresses your key issue of cost of living. Inflation You may have seen the news yesterday that Canada's inflation rate has now reached a new 31-year high of 6.7 per cent. The B.C. ra...
April 22, 2022
BCGEU librarians ratify collective agreement with Vancouver Island Regional L...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Seven months after starting bargaining and almost seven weeks after starting job action, members of the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) working as librarians for the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) have voted almost 90% in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement. “This has been a challenging round of bargaining, but these members st...
April 20, 2022
Local 601 - Social, Information and Health Services Component - Union Meetin...
COMPONENT: Social, Information and Health Services Component
LOCAL: Local 601
DATE: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
TIME: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 pm
PLACE: Zoom Virtual Meeting – Please register via email [email protected] and receive link
AGENDA
· Local Update· Bargaining UpdateThere will be an opportunity for questions and discussion. If you prefer to submit your questions in advance, please email andre...
April 13, 2022
Public Service: NEW VIDEO: Your bargaining committee shares important updates...
As you heard from us last week, contract negotiations between your bargaining committee and your employer remain suspended, and for now, your collective agreement remains in place. This means it is business as usual in your workplace unless and until you hear differently from your union. Your bargaining committee remains committed to getting a fair deal, and we are ready to get back to the barg...
April 12, 2022
Community Living BC - Bargaining Update - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Your Bargaining Committee has been hard at work reviewing your survey responses and putting together proposals for upcoming negotiations. We are in the process of establishing negotiation dates with the employer and will provide another update soon.
Please reach out to a member of the bargaining committee if you have questions or concerns.
In Solidarity,
Nancy Keith Bell, Committee Chairperso...
April 12, 2022
Vancouver Island library job action paused as BCGEU librarians consider wage ...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Members of the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) working as librarians for the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) have reached a tentative agreement with their employer and, as a result, are pausing job action. The offer comes after a month of rotating pickets at various VIRL branches. Following meetings to discuss the terms of the tentative ag...
April 07, 2022
Public service contract talks reach impasse over wage proposals - BC General ...
After nine weeks of negotiations, talks between your bargaining committee and the employer – B.C.'s Public Service Agency – reached an impasse on Wednesday, April 6th because the employer's revised wage proposal failed to meet your bottom line of cost of living adjustment (COLA) protections.Throughout the preparation for bargaining last fall, you were clear that COLA was your top priority for t...
April 07, 2022
22% of RBC Shareholders Back Resolution on Financialization of Housing - BC G...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Today, RBC (TSX: RY) shareholders voted 22% in favour of a proposal asking for the company to assess and mitigate the human rights and reputational risks involved in the financialization of housing. The proposal was presented by the B.C. General Employees’ Union, an institutional investor in RBC. In response to the AGM results, BCGEU President Stephani...
April 06, 2022
Day of Mourning on April 28 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Every year, on April 28, BCGEU members across the province come together to honour and remember co-workers and family members who were injured, made sick or killed because of something that happened at work. As COVID-19 restrictions loosen, our coming together this year will once again be in-person. It is critical that we all remember those workers and reiterate our commitment to fight for the ...
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