NEWS & UPDATES
February 14, 2019
Component 7’s Joanna Lord acclaimed to replace Sussanne Skidmore as Executive...
The BCGEU Provincial Executive has acclaimed Joanna Lord, Component 7 Vice President, to fill the Executive Vice President position left vacant when Sussanne Skidmore was elected Secretary Treasurer of the BC Federation of Labour in November.
"On behalf of the BCGEU I want to thank Sussanne for her years of service to our members, our union, and our movement," said BCGEU president Stephanie Smi...
February 12, 2019
BCGEU Office Closures - Feb 12 - BCGEU
Due to inclement weather, the following BCGEU offices will be closed on Tuesday, February 12:
Headquarters (Burnaby)
Victoria Area Office (Area 01 - Victoria)
North Island Area Office (Area 02 - Nanaimo)
Lower Mainland Area Office (Area 03 - Vancouver)
Fraser Valley Area Office (Area 04 - Langley)
Any further updates will be made on this website.
If you are a BCGEU member and need emergency s...
February 11, 2019
The BCGEU remembers and honours Art Kube’s legacy - BCGEU
Art Kube was born in Poland in 1935 and raised by a trade unionist mother, on her own along with two children, while his father was taken prisoner of war in the Soviet Union. He kicked off his life-long work to fight for workers' rights as an executive in the youth wing of the Metal Workers union before immigrating to Canada in 1953 as a nineteen-year-old.
Art wore many hats over the years, fro...
February 07, 2019
New poll shows overwhelming support for a public inquiry - BCGEU
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 7, 2019(BURNABY) – The BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) released polling results on British Columbians' attitudes toward a public inquiry into organized crime, money laundering and the overdose crisis in B.C. The results demonstrate overwhelming support for a public inquiry:
77 per cent of British Columbians in favour of an inquiry.
80 per cent o...
January 31, 2019
Membership Meetings & Bargaining Survey for Justice Institute of BC - BCGEU
Reminder: Membership MeetingsNew Westminster campusDATE: Today, January 31st, 2019TIME: 11:00 - 12:00 noon; and 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.PLACE: JIBC TheatreMaple Ridge campusDATE: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019TIME: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pmPLACE: JIBC lunchroom 13500 - 256th Street* A teleconference opport...
January 29, 2019
Union opening bargaining committee nominations at Kenneth Gordon Maplewood Sc...
The collective agreement for Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School (KGMS) expires on August 30, 2019.
The undersigned has been assigned to bargain your new agreement. As I explained to you in our worksite meeting last October, the first step in bargaining is electing a bargaining committee.
Please be advised that the union is now accepting nominations for KGMS bargaining committee members.
As per col...
January 29, 2019
Bargaining Questionnaire for Coast Mountain College (formerly NWCC) Members ...
Please find attached a Bargaining Questionnaire. You are encouraged to complete this questionnaire and return it by March 1, 2019 to: HALEY THICKETTEmail: hthickett@coastmountaincollege.ca DOWNLOAD PDF OF BARGAINING QUESTIONNAIRE HERE.
UWU/MoveUP
January 28, 2019
Local 712 Members at Members at Haisla Nation Council – Support, Instructors ...
Please find attached a Bargaining Questionnaire. You are encouraged to complete this questionnaire and return it by February 27, 2019 to:
BCGEU Northwest Area Office4600 Lazelle Avenue, Terrace, BC V8G 1S5Fax: (250) 635-3588/1-800-946-0259Phone: (250) 635-9126/1-800-665-1664Email: Area12@bcgeu.ca
Download PDF of notice hereDownload PDF of bargaining questionnaire here
UWU/MoveUP
January 22, 2019
Province’s largest union calls for full inquiry into money laundering - BCGEU
The BCGEU wants the government to provide answers, saying a full inquiry is needed into money laundering in this province. John Hua has more. See video here... UWU/MoveUP
January 22, 2019
B.C.'s largest public-sector union wants inquiry into money laundering, drugs...
The union representing thousands of workers in B.C. says the provincial government must hold a public inquiry to examine organized crime, the opioid crisis, money-laundering and its connection to real estate. The B.C. Government and Service Employees Union says in a news release that an inquiry is the best way to learn the truth about a crisis that has claimed thousands of lives, and made B.C. ...
January 21, 2019
BCGEU calls for public inquiry into organized crime, opioids and money launde...
BCGEU calls for public inquiry into organized crime, opioids and money laundering in B.C. January 21, 2019 BURNABY – Today the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) launched a campaign calling on the provincial government to launch a public inquiry into organized crime, opioids and money laundering in B.C. The campaign follows the union's call for an inquiry and subsequent letter t...