NEWS & UPDATES
March 10, 2017
Coast Tsimshian Academy Steward Election Results
To: ALL BCGEU Members Coast Tsimshian Academy of Lax Kw'alaams
Re: Local 712 Steward Election Results
The Union is pleased to announce that Naomi White (Local 712) has been acclaimed as a Steward for your worksite. If you have any questions regarding workplace issues, or your Collective Agreement, please feel to contact Naomi.
In solidarity
Michele Freethy
Staff Representativ...
March 10, 2017
Save the Date – for File This! BCGEU administrative services conference
Are you a BCGEU member works in an office environment providing administrative services OR provides frontline service to the public in an administrative role?
If the answer is YES, then save these dates: Sunday, October 1 to Tuesday, October 3, 2017 for “File This!”, a BCGEU conference for members who work in administrative services.
The conference will be held in Richmond, B.C. and feature g...
March 08, 2017
We stand in solidarity with the Jewish Community in Vancouver
The BCGEU expresses its condemnation of the bomb threat made to a Vancouver Jewish Community Centre last night. This kind of violence and anti-Semitism must not be tolerated. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish Community, and the families affected by this event.
We are also heartened by expressions of support British Columbians are extending to the Jewish Community as we stand against hate ...
March 07, 2017
Happy International Women?s Day - Will you #BeBoldForChange?
Today, we?re proud to celebrate International Women?s Day 2017 ? Be Bold for Change. International Women?s Day is a day to celebrate the valuable achievements women have made across the world and a time to reflect on the progress made to advance equality for women. Despite these successes, we recognize that there are still many barriers and challenges that remain in working towards gender parit...
March 07, 2017
Resolution reached for JIBC bookstore workers
BCGEU members at the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) bookstore in New Westminster have voted to accept a new collective agreement with their employer, JM Project Management. After five weeks on the picket line, they went back to work on March 6th.
The agreement features wage increases of 5.0%, 3.5%, and 3.5% over a three-year term and is retroactive back to July 1st, 2016 when the...
March 07, 2017
OHS Courses for Direct Government OHS Committee Members in the Lower Mainland...
"2 Day Joint OHS Committee Training" will be held on Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 22, 2017. "Ergonomics" will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2017. These courses will be held at the Burnaby Head Office? 4911 Canada Way, Burnaby from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
In the Joint OHS Committee Training course you will learn:
Worker OHS rights, including the refusal of unsafe work procedure
OHS le...
March 06, 2017
OHS Course - Vancouver Area - Prevention of Workplace Violence - Wednesday, A...
To all Labour Code OHS Committee Members in the Vancouver Area
"Prevention of Workplace Violence" will be held on Wednesday, April 19. This course will be held at the BCGEU office at #130-2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
In the Prevention of Workplace Violence you will learn:
The legislative requirements for a violence prevention program
The definition of workplace viole...
March 01, 2017
BCGEU partner APSIES in El Salvador - women's empowerment
Supported through CoDevelopment Canada, APSIES is a grassroots organization that works in five rural municipalities in southeastern El Salvador to mobilize citizens to protect and enhance publicly-funded healthcare and other social services. APSIES takes a comprehensive approach to health as a human right, with a special emphasis on women?s empowerment primarily through education and capacity-b...
February 25, 2017
Remembering Millie Canessa: July 20, 1927 - February 19, 2017
Mildred ?Millie? Irene Canessa
July 20, 1927 - February 19, 2017
Long-time trade unionist and social activist Millie Canessa passed away Sunday morning.
An ardent defender of human rights and social justice causes including gender equality and workers' rights, Millie dedicated most of her life to bettering her community.
Millie joined the Government Employees' Association in 1967, prior to t...
February 24, 2017
“Balanced” Budget 2017 tips the scales pre-election
BC Budget 2017
This week, the BC Liberals delivered a pre-election budget with uncharacteristic commitments to new spending. In his budget speech, Finance Minister Mike de Jong boasted about the province’s ability to make service and program investments after so many years of discipline and sacrifice by British Columbians.
Indeed—albeit on the heels of intense public and media pressure—there ...
February 24, 2017
Coast Tsimshian Academy of Lax Kw'alaams – Local 712 Bargaining Committee Ele...
To: Coast Tsimshian Academy of Lax Kw'alaams – Local 712
Re: Bargaining Committee Election Results
The election for the Coast Tsimshian Academy of Lax Kw'alaams was completed on February 21, 2017.
The results are as follows:
Zannie Johnston will be the third committee member
Naomi White will be the alternate committee member
Subsequently Cora Barak has stepped down from th...
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