Component 6 primarily includes members work for the Government of B.C. in a variety of social, cultural, educational, information technology, research, health care delivery and associated direct technical support functions. Component 6 also includes members who perform services in these fields at employers contracted by the government.
The Union is opening nominations for six (6) Local 603 member-at-large positions on the Local Executive. The three year term for local executive positions expires in January 2025. The call for nominations includes one (1) Equity Worker Member-at-Large position: i.e., Indigenous workers, workers of colour; two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and intersex (2SLGBTQI+) workers. The ca...
The bargaining teams have encountered a delay in receiving necessary information to inform our bargaining from Public Sector Employers’ Council Secretariat (PSEC). This delay has necessitated the cancellation of our talks next week. The bargaining committee continues to be focused on achieving a contract and are disappointed with this delay.
We are working with the employer to set new dates, an...
Did you know the BCGEU is a component of the National Union of Public and General Employees? The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is a family of 11 component and three affiliate unions. The BCGEU is a component of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE). Just like the BCGEU, our national union offers its own scholarships program. There are nine scholarsh...
The Union has received a nomination for the vacant position of Recording Secretary on the Local 603 Executive. The three year term for local executive positions expires in January 2025.Nominations for Recording Secretary will remain open for a further three (3) days.The deadline for nominations is: Thursday, April 20, 2023If there is an election for the Recording Secretary position, candidates ...
On behalf of our union's 85,000 members, we would like to offer our most sincere condolences on the tragic death of one of our members, 23-year-old Kiara Agnew.
Kiara's life was cut short in a senseless act of violence while she was on vacation in Mexico last month to celebrate her upcoming birthday.
Kiara worked at Lakeview Credit Union in Dawson Creek and was a BCGEU member for just over a y...
The City of Vancouver's ongoing forced, mass decampment of unhoused people in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) without alternative supportive housing in place is unnecessary and a violation of human rights. Since last week, Vancouver police and city staff have been actively dismantling tents, throwing out belongings and forcibly removing unhoused people from structures along Hastings Street in V...
A recent communication from the Public Service Agency has been causing some confusion. In 2007, Memorandum of Understanding 24, Re: The Recruitment and Retention of Court Clerks (R11) and Child and Youth Mental Health Social Workers (SPO24) stated that Child and Youth Mental Health Social Worker clinicians were to receive an adjustment equating to Grid 25. This was always a Temporary Market adj...
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam),
Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
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