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COMPONENT 7 - EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

Component 7 includes members who work in colleges and institutes as instructors and support staff, in private environmental testing laboratories, legal services, and other related fields.

Employers include community colleges, the B.C. Institute of Technology, the Justice Institute of B.C., private labs, BC NDP Caucus and Constituency Offices, legal services to the public and many more.

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March 08, 2024

International Women’s Day 2024 Statement - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day, and this year's theme is Inspire Inclusion.Recognizing and celebrating the unique perspectives and contributions of women, two-spirit, trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people plays a pivotal role in achieving true gender equality, demanding the dismantling of barriers, and the challenging of stereotypes. It's essential that we acknowled...

March 07, 2024

Investor Engagement Yields Major Changes to Indigenous Rights at Canada’s Lar...

For immediate release: Investor Engagement Yields Major Changes to Indigenous Rights at Canada’s Largest BankRBC makes changes following shareholder proposals from BCGEU and UBCIC March, 2024 (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh) | Vancouver, B.C.) In response to two successive shareholder resolutions filed by the B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU)...

February 23, 2024

Lactanet (Canwest DHI Services Ltd.) - Alternate Bargaining Committee Member ...

Nominations for Alternate Bargaining Committee Member at Lactanet (Canwest DHI Services Ltd.) have now closed and we are pleased to announce that JACK VAN DONGEN was nominated and has now been acclaimed and will represent you in the event that Elisa Rutigliano is unable to fulfil her duties on the committee. Your committee will be meeting to review the proposals developed prior to entering into...

February 22, 2024

Constituency Assistants (Advisors) - Ratification Results - BC General Employ...

We are pleased to inform you that 95% of participating members have supported accepting the tentative agreement. This result was only possible because of your ongoing patience and solidarity throughout the process. This was truly a collective success, and we thank you for your support throughout. The committee will now be working on developing a draft collective agreement reflecting all the cha...

February 21, 2024

All BCGEU Members at Ans’Payaxw School Society-Kispiox Community School - KIS...

Damkxw, Thank you to each of you who completed the recent bargaining survey. The combined results of the two surveys, member meetings and, one-on-one conversations have made it clear that your key priorities are transparency, fairness, and competitive wages. We have met several times and are making solid progress in our bargaining preparations including proposal development. We are meeting agai...

February 09, 2024

BC NDP MLAs (Constituency Assistants) - Tentative Agreement Reached - BC Gene...

We are pleased to announce that after two very productive days of bargaining with the employer February 7-8, 2024, we have reached a tentative agreement. Details of the tentative agreement, information meetings, and ratification vote details will follow in the coming days. As a committee we are unanimously recommending ratification. As a committee we want to thank the membership for their patie...