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October 24, 2022
Bargaining for post-secondary instructors resumes Monday - update your contac...
Negotiations for the next common collective agreement for post-secondary instructors resumes October 24-28, 2022, in Burnaby. Please read this bulletin for important information about progress at the bargaining table and your next steps.Negotiation statusWe last wrote to you in April and, since that time, we have not met with the Employer. This week, we will be meeting with the Post-Secondary E...
October 18, 2022
Local 710 Executive Election Results - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
We are pleased to announce the results of the Elections for the Local 0710 Executive for the vacant positions that closed on October 15, 2022. NOTE: The below chart shows all of the current Local Executive members, with those recently nominated and acclaimed shown in red.
In solidarity,
Tanya Boyd, ChairpersonAngie Panoulias, Staff Representative
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October 18, 2022
MEDIA RELEASE: B.C.’s public service members ratify collective agreement - BC...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 18, 2022B.C.'s public service members ratify collective agreementBURNABY, B.C. – Over a two-week voting period, members of the BCGEU's (BC General Employees' Union) public service bargaining unit voted 53.4 per cent in favour of the tentative agreement reached with B.C.'s Public Service Agency (PSA) on September 6. More than 71 per cent of eligible members voted in ...
October 18, 2022
Public Service Bargaining Backgrounder - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
The newly ratified agreement is now in effect as the 19th Main Agreement between the B.C. Public Service Agency and the BC General Employees' Union
The previous public service agreement – the 18th Main Agreement – took effect April 1, 2019 and expired on March 31, 2022.
The BCGEU is the only union covered by this agreement.
Employer: Public Service Agency
BCGEU members covered: approximatel...
October 17, 2022
MEDIA ADVISORY - BCGEU members ratify three-year collective agreement with Pr...
WHAT: Members of the BC General Employees' Union's (BCGEU) public service bargaining unit have ratified a new collective agreement with the provincial government.
The deal was ratified by a vote of 53.4% with over 71% of eligible members voting.Voting on the tentative agreement was open for two weeks, closing at 5 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 2022. The tentative deal was reached in early Septemb...
October 17, 2022
BC Family Maintenance Agency (BCFMA) Bargaining Bulletin #2: Reporting Progre...
Your BCGEU bargaining committee and employer continued negotiations to renew the collective agreement on October 13th and 14th. The parties have reached agreement and signed off on 17 non‑monetary proposals. A similar number of non-monetary proposals remains outstanding. The parties will begin monetary negotiations after reaching agreement or impasse on the remaining non-monetary proposals. Add...
October 14, 2022
BC Family Maintenance Agency - Bargaining Bulletin #1: Talks Underway - BC G...
Your bargaining committee began negotiations with the employer to renew the collective agreement on September 12th. We tabled a complete proposal package that reflected your priorities for equitable wages that will keep up with the rising cost of living and help you get ahead. The parties were scheduled to meet again on September 13th and instead used that time to review one another's proposals...
October 04, 2022
Local 710 Members - Nominations Received for Vacant Positions on the Local Ex...
We have received nominations for each of the following vacant positions on the 0710 Local Executive.
· Young Worker
· 1st Vice Chair
· Member at Large
· Member at Large
As per the D-8 policy:
"Where no nomination is received for an office, nominations will be considered to remain open, but by-elections should occur until all appeals are exhausted. During the three year term, if a member in go...
September 29, 2022
Learn, Reflect and Participate in the National Day for Truth and Reconciliati...
Tomorrow is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and union encourages all members to take the day to learn, reflect and participate in events going on in our communities. Learn and Reflect - Reconciliation is an ongoing process, and in addition to the events that are occurring tomorrow, our union has gathered a variety of resources including suggestions of some Indigenous business...
September 27, 2022
Members at Kenneth Gordon School - BC Target Benefit Pension Plan - BC Gener...
Attached to this FYI is a PDF copy of the BC Target Benefit Pension Plan document that is applicable to you as a Kenneth Gordon School employee and as a BCGEU member.
If you have any questions regarding your plan, please reach out to your worksite Steward or you can email your area office at [email protected] with your questions as well.
In Solidarity,
Katie SmithStaff Representative
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September 27, 2022
School District 59 – Steward Nominations - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Please Post notice and nomination form on Union bulletin board Steward nominations closed on September 22, 2022 for School District 59 on all worksites. As there were no nominations, we are re-opening the election.Nominations are now open and close at midnight on Monday, October 10, 2022. Please email, fax or mail your nomination forms to: Email: [email protected]: 250-785-0048101...
September 23, 2022
Post-secondary support reach first-ever tentative *common* agreement - BC Gen...
We are pleased to announce that, after bargaining through the week and into the early morning hours today, we successfully established with your employer’s bargaining agent a tentative common agreement for all BCGEU members working in post-secondary support services – the first ever! Why is this significant?A common agreement enables us to standardize the collective agreements across the post-...
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