NEWS & UPDATES
July 19, 2016
JM Project Management Bargaining Survey
BCGEU members at JM Project Management are invited to complete a short bargaining survey.
This is your opportunity to have a say in the terms and conditions in your collective agreement. Please take the time to fill out the attached survey, so that the Bargaining Committee knows what is most important to you in your job contract.
The deadline for returning bargaining surveys is Thursday, Jul...
July 19, 2016
Local 712 NWCC Members Results for Instructors Bargaining Committee Chairper...
Please be advised that Keisha Reichert was acclaimed as Bargaining Committee Chairperson at the close of nominations July 13, 2016.
Congratulations, we look forward to working with you!
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
July 13, 2016
Nomination for Local 704 Executive
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the Local Executive:
First-Vice Chair
Recording Secretary
For the balance of the three year term. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is available from your Area Office.
The deadline for nominations is: August 12, 2016.
If there is an election for a position, candidates may submit one page of informat...
July 08, 2016
Region 4 Women's Conference
Register now for the BCGEU Region 4 Women’s Conference, September 23-24, 2016 in Prince George. The Conference is open to all BCGEU women in Areas 06, 10, 11 & 12.
The Conference commences on Friday evening at 7:00 pm at the Ramada Hotel, 444 George St., Prince George with a panel session which will include a dynamic group of...
July 06, 2016
NDP MLA's Constituency Offices (Assistants) Steward List
MLA
Constituency
Steward
Area 01 Victoria (South Island)
Fleming, Rob
Victoria-Swan Lake
Robyn Spilker
Holman, Gary
Saanich North and the Islands
Horgan, John
Juan de Fuca
Andrew Barrett
Karagianis, Maurine
Esqu...
July 05, 2016
The BCGEU stands with Canada Post workers
Canada Post’s announcement that they will lock out Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) members as soon as Friday is an attack on collective bargaining, its workers and its customers.
Canada Post is refusing to do the work of collective bargaining with CUPW by demanding massive rollbacks on the union’s hard fought gains.
Those rollbacks include moving all new hires from a defined benefit...
July 04, 2016
NEC Native Education College bargaining update and meeting
On May 3, 2016, your Bargaining Committee began negotiations with Native Education College to renew your collective agreement. Bargaining continued on May 9, 12, 17, 24 and June 13.
We have been able to agree on a number of non-monetary proposals. However, we have made little progress on monetary issues. Specifically, the parties have been unable to agree on key issues, including:
wages
jo...
June 30, 2016
BCGEU presses Canadian Prime Minister on Mexican teacher repression
Since mid-May, Mexican teachers have launched a nation-wide protest against new government measures that seek to shut down teacher (normal) training schools, base continued employment on teachers’ results on standardized written exams, and eliminate the need for pedagogical training for new teachers. The government’s response has been a wave of violence that includes the abduction and arbitrary...
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.