NEWS & UPDATES
April 04, 2016
Member Update - April, 2016
BCGEU president Stephanie Smith is joined by Community Social Services Component VP Andrea Duncan and first vice chair Pamela Pye from worksite visits in Port Coquitlam.
April 04, 2016
OHS Reps in Area 02 - BC Federation of Labour "Emergency Preparedness" Course
The “Emergency Preparedness” course will be offered at the Nanaimo area office on Monday May 2, 2016 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. This course will be facilitated by a BC Federation of Labour Health and Safety Centre facilitator. This course has been designed to provide participants with a fundamental understanding of the planning and preparations needed to assist workplaces to respond before, durin...
April 01, 2016
Local 705 meeting
DATE: Monday, April 18, 2016
TIME: 5:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.
PLACE: BCGEU OFFICE (after hours entrance at right rear of building)
158 ORIOLE ROAD (VALLEYVIEW), KAMLOOPS
As this will be a Dinner Meeting, please RSVP with dietary needs to Chairperson - LaVerne Bernier @ [email protected] if you planning to attend.
AGENDA
Regular Order of Business
Reports
Nominations for Local 7...
March 30, 2016
Vancouver Island Regional Libraries bargaining update
Your Bargaining Committee, along with Staff Representative Chad McQuarrie, commenced negotiations for a new Collective Agreement with your Employer on March 23rd and 24th. A number of important issues were discussed at the table and the dialogue back and forth, has been respectful.
Because of scheduling conflicts, the next day of scheduled talks will be April 18, 2016. In the meantime your cu...
March 29, 2016
NEC Native Education College bargaining committee
The BCGEU is pleased to announce that the following NEC Native Education College BCGEU members have been elected, by acclamation, as alternates to your Bargaining Committee at the Union meeting held March 29, 2016:
John Jardine
John Pateman
John J. and John P. will be sitting as alternates for Sue Arnault (on leave) and Dennis Contois (on leave) until they return to work. Your Bargaining Comm...
March 23, 2016
Forests and Water: Key elements of environmental and economic stability
In March every year the United Nations commemorates two important days. The International Day of Forests (March 21) and World Water Day (March 22) are celebrated together to focus attention on the fact that the health of these two natural elements are interconnected with the economic and social health of the entire population of our planet.
Forests cover one third of the global land mass and a...
March 23, 2016
Vancouver Island University nominations for shop stewards (6 positions)
Nominations are now open for:
Six positions for Shop Stewards at Vancouver Island University
What do stewards do?
Stewards provide support and advice to members who think they are being treated unfairly. They sign up new employees, provide information on BCGEU services and solve problems in the workplace. They conduct ratification votes and elections, and stewards keep members informed by di...
March 22, 2016
NEC Native Education College election of bargaining committee meeting
DATE: Tuesday, March 29, 2016
TIME: 12:00 p.m.
LOCATION: NEC Native Education College, Room 101
Due to two members of your Bargaining Committee being on leave, the BCGEU needs to elect at least two alternates to your Bargaining Committee. We will be holding a meeting to nominate and elect alternates to the Bargaining Committee on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. (noon).
All members ar...
March 21, 2016
Recognizing the movement to eliminate racial discrimination
March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The date was selected by the United Nations to honour the 69 people who were killed by police at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid in Sharpeville, South Africa in 1960. In South Africa, March 21 is a public holiday, "Human Rights Day," to commemorate the lives that have been lost in the fight for democracy ...
March 21, 2016
OHS training at the BC Federation of Labour
The BCGEU Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) department is offering additional training through the BC Federation of Labour for government and labour code OHS worker representatives. These training sessions are for specific courses we do not offer through the BCGEU. The one or two day OHS course is a pre-requisite to the BC Federation of Labour OHS training.
Your employer must pay for you to...
March 18, 2016
Local 704 local executive nomination results
Please be advised that Mairi Lester has been acclaimed as the Member at Large in the recent election.
Justine Nelson had been acclaimed as the Young Worker.
Congratulations to both Mairi and Justine!
In solidarity
Monica Wyllie
Local 704 Chairperson
Download PDF of notice here.
UNIFOR467/MoveUP
March 18, 2016
Local 703 nominations for local executive
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the Local Executive:
Local 1st Vice-Chairperson (1)
Member-at-large (2)
The term expires in March 2018. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is available from your Area Office.
Nomination forms must be mailed, faxed or emailed as an attachment to the Area Office no later than Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 4...
March 17, 2016
Urgent Action - Honduran activist assassination
Berta Cáceres, a prominent environmental activist, was assassinated in Honduras on March 3, and a witness to the assassination is being held against his will. We need people to urge both Canadian & Honduran authorities to take action and conduct a full investigation. Full details and letters to sign can be found on the CoDevelopment Canada website by clicking here.
UPDATE: There has been ...
March 16, 2016
Have you taken your Occupational Health and Safety training?
Are you an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) worker representative for your workplace?
If the answer is “yes”, your employer is required by law to pay for at least eight hours of annual OHS education for you (Workers Compensation Act). If you are unable to take the training yourself, you have the right to assign your eight-hour annual allotment to another worker representative.
Your co...
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.