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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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August 27, 2025

Media advisory - BCGEU to announce results of public service strike vote - B...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  August 27, 2025  BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) president and public service bargaining committee chair Paul Finch will hold a press conference on Friday, August 29 to announce the results of a strike vote by BCGEU members working for the public service.  The strike vote was called following a breakdown in negotiations bet...

August 20, 2025

BCGEU Donates $20,000 to World Food Programme Supporting Sudan - BC General E...

BCGEU Donates $20,000 to World Food Programme Supporting Sudan The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is one of the world's worst and most underreported. Millions of people are facing hunger, violence, and displacement. At our last convention, BCGEU members passed a resolution committing our union to shine a light on this crisis and stand in solidarity with the people of Sudan. As part of that commit...

August 19, 2025

BCGEU donates $20,000 to U.N. World Food Programme Palestine Emergency Appeal...

BCGEU stands in solidarity with the people of Gaza, who are facing alarming levels of famine and starvation.      As the devastating famine continues to unfold, more than half a million Gazans are on the brink of starvation and the rest are enduring emergency levels of hunger. Based on the recommendation of its international solidarity advisory committee, the BCGEU provincial executive has vote...

August 14, 2025

BCGEU calls on B.C. government to repeal Name Amendment Act restricting legal...

The BCGEU joins the chorus of voices across the province calling for a repeal to Bill 26, the Name Amendment Act (No 2) 2024, which restricts or bans access to legal name changes for people in B.C. and causes disproportionate harm to transgender and Indigenous folks, those fleeing domestic violence, and young people.    The amendments violate international and human rights law in the processing...

July 25, 2025

BCGEU Statement on Fort Langley Pride Crosswalk - BC General Employees' Union...

BCGEU Statement on Fort Langley Pride Crosswalk The BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) stands in full solidarity with the Langley Pride Society and 2SLGBTQIA+ community members in Fort Langley and beyond as the Township of Langley considers removing the Pride crosswalk located in the heart of the village. Council's motion to remove and relocate the crosswalk-under the guise of "heritage" and "...

July 18, 2025

Public service workers to take strike vote following impasse - BC General Emp...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 2025  VICTORIA, B.C.  – Over 34,000 members of the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) working for B.C.’s public service will prepare to take a strike vote following a breakdown in negotiations for their next collective agreement. The union and the provincial government's Public Service Agency (PSA) reached an impasse today over key issues, including competiti...