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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.

NEWS & UPDATES

July 12, 2023

Instructors at Coast Mountain College - REVISED NOTICE OF POLL – Ratification...

Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to report we have reached a settlement we are unanimously recommending you vote YES to ratify the agreement. The REVISED Local Ratification Document can be found here and the Multi Employer Table Ratification Document can be found here. You will receive voting credentials on Thursday, July 13th at 9:00 am. at the email that the Union has on file for you. If ...

July 12, 2023

Support Staff at Coast Mountain College - REVISED NOTICE OF POLL - Ratificati...

Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to report we have reached a settlement we are unanimously recommending you vote YES to ratify the agreement. The REVISED Local Ratification Document can be found here and the Multi Employer Table Ratification Document can be found here. You will receive voting credentials on Friday, July 14th at 9:00 am. at the email that the Union has on file for you. If yo...

July 11, 2023

Legal Aid BC (Legal Services Society) - ratification document - BC General Em...

The ratification document detailing the tentative agreement reached with your employer is available here. Your bargaining committee will review the ratification document with you in detail during the ratification meetings on Wednesday, July 12. Details of the ratification meetings can be found in our bulletin to you of June 29 or you may ask a member of your bargaining committee. Your bargainin...

July 07, 2023

NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS RATIFICATION VOTE AND MEMBERSHIP

Friends,Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to report we have reached a tentative settlement we are unanimously recommending you vote YES to ratify. You will find attached to this notice two documents:  The Ratification Document which identifies the tentative changes to the local 2019-2022 collective agreement; and The Ratification Document which identifies the tentative changes to the com...

July 06, 2023

Okanagan College – Support Services - Collective Agreement Ratified! - BC Gen...

Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to report that the ratification vote is now completed and 95.6% of voting members were in favour of the collective agreement. Thank you for your strong support during the bargaining process.   In solidarity, Karolyn Green, Bargaining Committee ChairpersonKevin McKenzie, Bargaining Committee MemberGord Stefansson, Bargaining Committee MemberLinsay Buss, Staff...

July 06, 2023

Members at Bureau Veritas Canada - Additional Bargaining Dates Scheduled

Your Bargaining Committee met with the employer for four days in early June to commence negotiating a renewal agreement. During that time, we tabled both our non-monetary and monetary proposals.We currently have scheduled bargaining dates for July 24th - 27th. Stay tuned for updates!To help ensure you receive a copy of future updates, please provide a personal email address to the BCGEU at http...

June 29, 2023

Northern Lights College Support Tentative Collective Agreement – PSEA has now...

Friends, We are pleased to report that the PSEA board ratified the tentative settlement on June 26, 2023. As the members and Employer already ratified, the PSEA ratification means that your 2019-2022 collective agreement is now renewed for a term of July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025. The effective date of the amended articles or clauses is pursuant to the provisions of the collective agreement. For ...

June 29, 2023

Seniors’ care workers in Chilliwack ratify new agreement - BC General Employ...

Seniors' care workers in Chilliwack ratify new agreement  Members of the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) working at Lynnwood Retirement Residence have ratified their new collective agreement by a vote of 100%.  Over months of negotiations, these workers fought for a living wage that would address the soaring cost of living and put an end to high staff turnover at their facility.  The new ...

June 29, 2023

L704 Members - Revised Union Meeting - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

  REVISED    COMPONENT: 7 -Education, Scientific, Technical & AdministrationLOCAL: 704 BCGEU Members DATE: Thursday June 29, 2023 TIME: 6:00pm – 8:00pm PLACE: Via Zoom Local Chair Trina Whitsitt and Staff Representative Heather Turner will be presenting information on writing resolutions in preparation for next year's BCGEU Convention.   Please be advised that this meeting has been changed ...

June 29, 2023

Legal Aid BC (Legal Services Society) - Tentative Agreement & Ratification Me...

Your BCGEU bargaining committee is pleased to announce we have reached a tentative agreement with Legal Aid BC (Legal Services Society). We will post a copy of the ratification document to the web and send a notification bulletin to members on the morning of Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Members may attend one of two information sessions on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. All members are permitted to be re...

June 27, 2023

Post-Secondary Instructors (IBC) Reach Tentative Agreement at all five bargai...

Your Post-Secondary Instructors Bargaining Committee is happy to report we have reached settlement at all five bargaining units included under the IBC Common Agreement: Okanagan College, Coast Mountain College, Northern Lights College, Selkirk College and Camosun College.  The ratification process can now begin at each of the individual colleges and will include voting on both the common and lo...

June 26, 2023

Members at Ans’Payaxw School Society-Kispiox Community School - BC General Em...

SAVE THE DATE: JULY 7, 2023 MEET AND GREET WITH BCGEUMEMBERS AT KISPIOX COMMUNITY SCHOOL Damkxw,As you are all likely aware, on May 11, 2023 the BCGEU was certified to represent you in all matters related to your terms and conditions of employment at Kispiox Community School. One of the first actions will be to negotiate a collective agreement. We are excited to start that process.We want to he...

June 26, 2023

NOTICE OF POLL – Membership Meetings and Ratification Vote - BC General Emplo...

In early June, a tentative settlement was reached between your Bargaining Committee and your Employer. We are inviting you to one of two information sessions to learn more about the details of the negotiated deal, and to commence ratification voting!Please find two key documents below to help you better learn more about the deal. A Comprehensive Summary Report, with general highlights of the d...

June 23, 2023

Guru Nanak Education Society of BC  (Sikh Academy) - Town Hall Meeting - BC ...

To: All 704 BCGEU Members at Guru Nanak Education Society of BC (Sikh Academy)Re: Town Hall MeetingThe Union is holding a Town Hall meeting on Monday, June 26 in order to provide information and answer your questions about the closure of the Fleetwood campus and the impact on staff.Please join us in the Newton Room at 4pm.In solidarity, Heather TurnerStaff RepresentativeDownload PDF of notice h...

June 20, 2023

National Indigenous Peoples Day: 21 Things you can do on June 21st

Photo description: Members of the BCGEU Indigenous Advisory Committee in front of the Tlúu Xaadaa Naay Longhouse, Old Masset, Haida Gwaii   National Indigenous Peoples Day: 21 Things you can do on June 21st Activities marking National Indigenous Peoples Day are held from coast to coast to coast on and around June 21st to commemorate and celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples...

June 20, 2023

Members at BC NDP MLAs - Full Bargaining Committee in Place

We are pleased to announce another nomination was received and the third and final Bargaining Committee position has been filled by Tyler Petersen.   Congratulations to your Bargaining committee.   Karen Cooling, Bargaining Committee Chair Kyle Kattler, Bargaining Committee Member Tyler Peterson , Bargaining committee Member   To help ensure you receive a copy of future updates, please provide ...

June 20, 2023

Northern Lights College - Support Tentative settlement for the renewal of the...

CONGRATULATIONS! We are very pleased to advise that the tentative settlement for the renewal of the collective agreement has ratified by an overwhelming 98.8%. Congratulations and thank you for showing up to vote.But until all Parties - Union, Employer and Post-Secondary Employers' Association (PSEA), have voted and ratified the tentative settlement, the collective agreement is not effective. T...