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.
Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to announce we reached a tentative deal with your employer on October 25, 2019.
This is a 4 year agreement with 3% wage increase in each year, retroactive to August of 2018. We also achieved larger wage increases for minimum-wage workers in the Grass Roots Café, including a larger gap between the line and supervisory staff. Other monetary gains included reim...
Respect the picket lines! PEA job action at LSS Vancouver Regional Center on Friday, November 1
As you are aware, the Professional Employees Association (PEA) has served strike notice for the Legal Services Society Vancouver Regional Centre for Friday, November 1 starting at 7am. A rally and media event is planned for 12pm. Please respect the PEA picket line, and do not cross it. On Friday, in...
Are you a retired member of the Municipal Pension Plan or an active member within five years of retirement? The plan's Board of Trustees is considering changes to the post-retirement extended health and dental benefits plan. We want to hear from members, so informed decisions can be made. Share your feedback on the post-retirement extended health and dental benefits that are most important to y...
The communities of Arrow Lake, Adams Lake and Francois Lake will soon have a more sustainable ferry service. Late in the evening of October 24th, after two long days of bargaining in Kelowna, the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) reached a tentative agreement with WaterBridge Ferries and Waterbridge Equipment – two of the three employers who operate B.C.'s inland ferry services...
In 2016, your employer implemented a policy that prohibited wildfire members from wearing crew patches.
Since then, at every worksite that your treasurer Paul Finch and I have visited, we have heard how much the 30-year tradition of crew patches means to you.
Crew patches not only build team spirit and show pride of place, they also help clearly identify members of different crews fighting the...
Today's introduction of legislation by the provincial government to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is a significant and important step towards reconciliation in B.C.
"Thanks to the leadership of our members, the BCGEU has long been an active participant in the national project of reconciliation and decolonization," says BCGEU president Step...
Steward elections are open as of Monday, October 21st, 2019 for Local 0710 members. Please ensure a copy of this notice, the attached nomination form and information sheet are posted on the Union bulletin board at your workplace. Nominations will close on Monday, November 4, 2019. Please email, fax or hand deliver your nominations to:
BCGEU Peace River Area Office10147 100 AveFort St. John, BC...
Interest for the position of Member at Large, Young Worker on the Local 0710 Executive has been received, therefore nominations for this position are now open.
Member-at-Large, Young Worker
Nomination forms are attached and may be copied.The term is until 2020. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each Local Executive position is available from your area office. The de...
In accordance with federal election laws requiring employers to allow employees three consecutive hours to vote, BCGEU offices will be closing at 4PM Pacific Daylight Time on Monday, October 21. Offices will reopen for standard hours (8:30AM - 5:00PM) on Tuesday. Most B.C. polls are open until 7PM. Questions about time off for voting? Click here to visit Elections Canada's FAQ on the subject U...
This is to advise you that 100% of the members at People's Law School have ratified the tentative agreement. The Union and the Employer will now work on drafting the revised collective agreement for signing by the parties. Once the new collective agreement has been signed, we will provide copies to the members at People's Law School. I would like to acknowledge the very valuable input and contr...
The bargaining committee is pleased to announce that bargaining dates have been set with BCFMA. The parties have scheduled negotiations for Monday, November 4 and Friday, November 15. (While both parties would have preferred back-to-back dates, this is the best people's schedules would allow.) Additional dates in November will be scheduled if required.Members can expect to receive the next barg...
The bargaining committee met following the September worksite meetings to prepare for negotiations with the Employer. Items covered in the preparation meetings included: bargaining process and training; reviewing member input from bargaining questionnaires and worksite meetings; reviewing the entire collective agreement clause by clause; and preparing proposal packages for the bargaining table....
Your Bargaining Committee reports that on Monday, October 7, 2019, the parties were able to reach a tentative agreement.
The Bargaining Committee is recommending acceptance of the four-year agreement that expires on December 31, 2022.
The agreement consists of a 2.25 per cent wage increase on January 1, 2019, and 2 per cent per year January 1, 2020, 2021 and 2022. There is a reduction in the n...
Course listings and registration for the Canadian Labour Congress Winter School (January 12 to February 14, 2020) at Harrison Hot Springs is now available.
Active union members are encouraged to apply online. Applications will be forwarded to your Component executive to make their selections on who will attend the school. Not all courses are pre-approved by your Component. For example, courses ...
As you are aware, the 26 Legal Services Society lawyers represented by another union, the Professional Employees Association (PEA), have reached a stalemate at the bargaining table and have decided to conduct a strike vote.
The outstanding issue is wages. The PEA has launched a campaign to remind government that these workers at the Legal Services Society make over a third less than their coll...
On Tuesday, B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) president Stephanie Smith announced a $3-million interest-free loan to support striking hotel workers Read the full article here UWU/MoveUP
VANCOUVER-Today Stephanie Smith, president of the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), and a group of BCGEU members, joined UNITE HERE Local 40 members on the picket line at the Westin Bayshore to announce that the BCGEU-one of BC's largest and fastest growing unions-is supporting the strike with a $3 million interest-free loan.In September more than 1,200 UNITE HERE Local 40 m...
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