NEWS & UPDATES
March 08, 2023
Guru Nanak Education Society (Sikh Academy) - Tentative First Collective Agre...
To: All BCGEU Members at Guru Nanak Education Society (Sikh Academy) Re: Tentative First Collective Agreement has been accepted
Friends, We are very pleased to announce that yesterday's (March 7th) in-person ratification vote for your First Collective Agreement was successful. The tentative first collective agreement was ratified (accepted) unanimously with a 100% YES vote. Congratulations! It ...
March 06, 2023
Bureau Veritas Canada (2019) Inc. - Bargaining Committee elected - BC Genera...
Nominations have been received and the following people have been acclaimed as your Bargaining Committee:Your BCGEU Bargaining Committee is:
Laird Story - Bargaining Committee Chairperson Bhavesh Patel - Bargaining Committee member Daphne Kowalczyk - Bargaining Committee member
The Bargaining Committee will soon begin preparations for negotiations with the employer. We will be reviewing the cur...
March 03, 2023
Shareholders call RBC and BMO to action on racial equity - BC General Employe...
Shareholders will soon get a chance to vote on two proposals on racial equity at the Bank of Montreal (BMO) and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). The proposals were jointly filed by BCGEU with Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) on behalf of the Atkinson Foundation.
This comes following announcements from both the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and National Bank of C...
March 02, 2023
BCGEU and UBCIC announce partnership to push corporate Canada to operationali...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 2, 2023BCGEU and UBCIC announce partnership to push corporate Canada to operationalize FPICThe labour union and Indigenous political organization joined forces with the aim of combining their respective expertise to push financial institutions to operationalize FPIC.Vancouver, BC, Musqueam Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territories - The B.C. General Employees' Union ...
March 01, 2023
BCGEU community health workers ratify three-year deal - BC General Employees...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2023
BCGEU community health workers ratify three-year deal
BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – The member unions of the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC). The B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) is the lead union representing 13,000...
February 28, 2023
Notice of Guru Nanak Education Society of BC Member Information Meeting and ...
ਇਹ ਇਕ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਹੈ। ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਤੋਂ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਬਾਰੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰੋ।
Friends, Attached to this bulletin is your tentative first collective agreement that you will be voting on immediately following a member information meeting scheduled for March 7th. The vote will be in-person immediately following the meeting.
Member Meeting InformationDate: Tuesday, March 7thTime: 4:00 p.m. to 7:...
February 22, 2023
Northern Lights College Support - Bargaining Update - BC General Employees' ...
To: All BCGEU Members at Northern Lights College SupportRe: Bargaining Update
Friends,
We are writing to provide a further update regarding the progress of negotiations for the renewal of your 2019-2022 collective agreement.We exchanged proposals with the Employer on Monday, February 6, 2023, finding that we had many areas in common, including our concern about services to students. We continue...
February 21, 2023
Vancouver Talmud Torah School - Bargaining Committee Nominations – Three (3) ...
As the collective agreement with your Employer expires on August 31, 2023, we are preparing for the upcoming round of collective bargaining.The Union needs your help and participation in the preparations and bargaining process. The first step is to elect a union bargaining committee which will negotiate the new collective agreement with the employer bargaining committee. You will need to elect ...
February 21, 2023
BC Oil & Gas Commission - Bargaining Update #2 - BC General Employees' Union ...
To: All BCGEU Members at Oil & Gas CommissionRe: Bargaining Update #2
Your 2022/2023 Bargaining Committee just completed our second session of collective agreement bargaining. We sat down with the Employer in Victoria on February 14th and 15th to continue negotiations. We had intended to discuss monetary proposals at this session but official Ministerial sign-off of the PSEA mandate has sti...
February 17, 2023
BC Family Maintenance Agency Tentative Agreement Ratifies - BC General Employ...
Your bargaining committee is pleased to advise that the tentative agreement was ratified this morning with a vote that was 83% in favour. The next steps are for a draft collective agreement to be produced and proofed by the bargaining committee, union and the employer. When the agreement has been signed by the parties, copies will be distributed to all members.I would like to take this opportu...
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.