NEWS & UPDATES
November 18, 2022
BC Family Maintenance Agency - bargaining bulletin #3: negotiations continue...
Your BCGEU bargaining committee and employer met again on October 25th and made progress on a several more non-monetary proposals. The bargaining session scheduled for October 26th had to be cancelled due to a case of COVID-19 on one of the committees.Bargaining resumed this week on November 15th and the parties agreed on one additional non-monetary proposal. The parties are very close to reach...
November 18, 2022
Local bargaining underway for post-secondary instructors - BC General Employe...
Bargaining for local collective agreements is now underway for post-secondary instructors. Please read this bulletin for details and, if you haven't already, provide our union with your personal contact information in the BCGEU Member Portal.Negotiation statusWhen we last wrote to you on October 26, we had reached a tentative common collective agreement with the Post-Secondary Employers' Associ...
November 16, 2022
Members at EF International Language School Ltd - Bargaining Committee Electi...
The election of your bargaining has been completed and your newly elected Bargaining Committee members are:Alex Bowell Bargaining Chair Niamh Feeha-Fitzgerald Bargaining Committee Member The next step is for the Bargaining Committee to meet with your Staff Representative to develop proposals to take forward to the bargaining table. Once the committee has met and dev...
November 10, 2022
BCIT – Faculty Bargaining Update - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Your bargaining committee has met with the employer for 10 bargaining sessions to date. We have made some progress on language and housekeeping proposals, and we expect to discuss more substantive and monetary proposals in January.
If you have any questions, please contact the bargaining committee.
In solidarity,
Steve Holding, Bargaining Committee MemberErich Moeller, Bargaining Committee Me...
November 08, 2022
Bargaining Committee for Native Education College (NEC) Members - BC General ...
At the close of nominations, Boyd Reynolds was declared elected by acclamation to the position of Bargaining Committee Chair for NEC. Boyd is the sole bargaining committee member. In the coming weeks, your bargaining committee and assigned staff negotiator will meet to prepare to resume negotiations with the Employer. As you may recall from previous bulletins, the parties have concluded negotia...
November 08, 2022
Local 703 Douglas College BCGEU Members - Steward Nominations - BC General Em...
Nominations are now open for 2 (two) steward positions at Douglas college. Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union. Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to co-workers about their issues.
Acting as a liaison b...
November 04, 2022
BCGEU Stands with Ontario CUPE Members - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
BCGEU stands in solidarity with Ontario education workers We condemn the Doug Ford government for their callous attack on 55,000 education workers and their rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.On Thursday, they made good on their reckless promise to pass legislation making it illegal for workers to strike and forcing a contract on them. Workers who disobey the ruling will b...
November 04, 2022
Winter School 2023 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Winter School 2023 will be taking place in-person! We are so excited that our communities will be able to come together, to learn and discuss with peers and colleagues at the upcoming Winter School. As we continue to work with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) on updating you with further details, please complete your registration application form to express your interest in attending. Please ...
November 01, 2022
Northern Lights College Support Local Bargaining Issues Survey - BC General E...
Friends,As we wrote in September, we have started developing proposals for local bargaining to renew your collective agreement with your Employer, Northern Lights College. The proposals will flow from the key priorities identified by the members – you. As a starting point, we are asking you to complete the bargaining survey found at the link below.LinkThe intention of the survey is to identify ...
October 31, 2022
Guru Nanak Sikh Academy (support) - Bargaining update - BC General Employees'...
We met with the employer on Friday, October 28th during which they spoke to their financial situation. We are meeting with them again on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, to continue the conversation. As we anticipate that you will have questions, we have scheduled a Zoom member meeting (link below) for this same day, Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. Please try to attend this important meet...
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