NEWS & UPDATES
March 08, 2018
Your 0710 Local Election Results - BCGEU
Ballots were due back at the Peace River Area Office no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 7, 2018 for the Local 0710 Chairperson and 1st Vice Chairperson. The balloting committee counted the votes and the following is now your local 0710 Executive:
Kathy Fossum, Chairperson, South Peace Senior SecondaryTennille Penner, 1st Vice Chairperson, Northern Lights CollegeMary Murphy, Young Worker, Fort S...
March 07, 2018
International Women’s Day: Time to #PressforProgress - BCGEU
International Women's Day (IWD) is recognized internationally on March 8th each year to celebrate the global achievements of women and the extraordinary role women have played in their communities and across the world. Despite these successes, we are faced with continued inequality and there is still much to be done. Let's continue to move forward – not backward - on women's rights and equality...
March 02, 2018
Budget 2018/19 brings responsible investment in our province and people - BCGEU
The BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) has released its analysis of the BC NDP's first full provincial budget and financial plan – a budget with a noticeable change of tone from the previous government.
After 16 years of austerity and retrenchment under the BC Liberals, the new government has laid important pathways for the introduction of expansive new strategies and programs t...
March 02, 2018
BCGEU Submission on Electoral Reform Referendum - BCGEU
When the B.C. Government announced plans to hold a province-wide referendum on the question of electoral reform, they invited input from citizens and organizations to help shape the way we vote.
The response from British Columbians was immense, with over eighty-eight thousand submissions made to the Attorney General. This represents the largest public participation in a consultation in the hist...
March 01, 2018
March is Community Social Service Awareness Month - BCGEU
There isn't a family in B.C. that hasn't received support, or knows someone who's received support, from a Community Social Service (CSS) worker. Every day, they make sure some of our most vulnerable citizens are safe and cared for, and this is why the BC Government Services and Employees' Union (BCGEU) asked the Province of British Columbia once again to proclaim March as Community Social Serv...
February 28, 2018
BCGEU supports Pink Shirt Day 2018 campaign - BCGEU
The BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) joined hundreds this morning in downtown Vancouver at the CKNW Kids' Fund 2018 Pink Shirt Day rally. This annual campaign to end bullying spreads awareness and raises funds to support programs that foster children's healthy self-esteem with this year's focus on cyberbullying.
"Bullying continues to be a problem whether in our schools, at wo...
February 26, 2018
L703 NEC Call for Nominations for Bargaining Committee - BCGEU
We are calling for nominations to sit on the Bargaining committee for the upcoming round of negotiations with the Employer. There are three (3) positions and one (1) alternate to be filled. If there are more than three nominations submitted an election will be conducted.
Deadline for the return of nominations is March 9, 2018 at 4:00 pm. Nominations forms may be returned by one of the following...