NEWS & UPDATES
May 02, 2017
Negotiations Update and Strike Vote Meeting for We Care Home Health Services ...
Following six months of negotiations, we have reached an impasse. We require a strong strike vote from the membership in order to assert your priorities during the next stage which is mediation. Your bargaining committee is committed to your priorities and achieving a fair collective agreement. Unfortunately significant concessions remain and the employer's wage and benefit offer is far from a ...
April 28, 2017
Mental Health First Aid Training - BCGEU
The Canadian Mental Health association recognizes Mental Health Week from May 1 – 7, 2017.
BCGEU members have requested more focus, training and resources to be provided in support of mental health. Mental Health First Aid Training will be offered to Local 303 and Local 803 Occupational Health and Safety Representatives at the Lower Mainland office.
The goal of Mental Health First aid Trainin...
April 27, 2017
Les Leyne: B.C. leaders lie low on legal highs ahead - BCGEU
Campaigning provincial politicians have dozens of changes in mind for B.C., but they are scarcely talking about the major adjustment that’s coming, regardless of who wins the election. For all the competing visions being outlined by provincial leaders, the federal government’s move to legalize marijuana is going to be the single biggest revamp on the social and political scene. It was introduce...
April 26, 2017
BCGEU Equity and Human Rights Conference 2017 - BCGEU
The BCGEU 50th Triennial Convention is taking place June 14 -17, 2017.
As part of convention, the Equity and Human Rights Conference is taking place on June 18 and 19, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver Hotel, for members who identify with one or more of four equity groups: workers of colour, workers with disabilities, aboriginal workers and LGBTQI2S workers.
Registered members will be p...
April 25, 2017
Steward Nomination – one position at Fraser Health Authority – Maple Ridge Pu...
Please be advised there is a vacancy for one steward position to represent members at Maple Ridge Public Health.
Please find attached nomination form. Completed nomination forms are to be returned to the union no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 26, 2017. Nomination form(s) may be sent to the Fraser Valley Area Office via fax (604.882.5032) or email ([email protected]) to the attention of Marga...
April 25, 2017
Dozens of Aboriginal child welfare workers rally for improved funding for Abo...
BURNABY - About 60 Aboriginal child welfare staff and community members braved the cold and wind on Saturday, April 22 to demand more funding for Aboriginal child and family services. Reporters from both CBC and APTN filmed the colourful event.
Workers and community members of all ages marched along Croydon Drive and stopped outside Minister Stephanie Cadieux’s campaign office to demand improv...
April 24, 2017
Parksville Stabbing - BCGEU
Background
On January of 2015, a client with dementia stabbed a community health worker that was attending to his wife in their home. Fortunately for the worker, she reacted quickly by grabbing the knife out of his hand and threw it under the bed where he couldn’t reach it. This prevented further injury to her as she escaped the house. Also fortunately for the worker, the client’s dementia pre...
April 21, 2017
Thanks to BC FORUM for supporting Seniors Deserve Better! - BCGEU
BCGEU would like to thank the BC Federation of Retired Union Members (BC FORUM) for their continued support of our Seniors Deserve Better campaign.
At a recent BC FORUM board meeting, the directors took a photo proudly donning their new campaign t-shirts. In the spring edition of the Advocate newsletter, the photo was published on Page 10.
Thanks again to this organization for actively promot...
April 20, 2017
Enhanced Disability Management Program for Community Health Care Workers at B...
To: Community Health Care Workers at Bayshore Home Health Re: Enhanced Disability Management Program
Please be advised that as of April 1, 2017, Disability Management Institute (DMI) ceased to be the service provider for the Enhanced Disability Management Program (EDMP). Instead, Bayshore Home Health has retained an Independent Disability Management Ad...
April 19, 2017
Negotiations update for We Care Home Health Services - BCGEU
Following our last bargaining update, we spoke to many members directly about the bargaining process, listened to member concerns, and conducted an additional four days of bargaining on February 20, 21, 25, 26 to bring solutions to the table.
Bargaining will resume on April 25th for three days. These dates are very important as we’ll be tabling the remainder of our monetary proposals (matter...
April 19, 2017
Open House - Casual Employees at Paramed - BCGEU
Date: April 19, 2017
To: All L804 casual employees at Paramed
Re: Open house
We are having an open house (drop in style) for all L804 casual employees at Paramed. Your local executive is interested in hearing what you have to say at the worksite. If you are a casual Paramed employee, and want to have your voice heard, please drop by this open...
April 19, 2017
Gordon Clark: Parties need to finally get serious about seniors care - BCGEU
You can hardly open a newspaper or news website these days without finding an article on the difficulties of the sandwich generation — those poor folks simultaneously coping with the needs of children and aging parents. Well, here’s another.
As editorial pages editor, I’ve published dozens of articles over the years on the concerns of the sandwich generation, particularly about the problems of...
April 18, 2017
Local 803 - Call for Nominations - BCGEU
To: All Local 803 Members
Local: 803
Date: Thursday, April 20, 2017
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Place: BCGEU Lower Mainland Area Office (Squamish Room)
130 – 2920 Virtual Way
Vancouver, BC V5M 0C4
Call for Nominations for One Additional Convention Delegate and Five Alternates
If you would like attend the BCGEU 2017 Convention, you must...
April 13, 2017
Local 804 We Care Home Health Services - Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) C...
Date: April 13, 2017
To: All BCGEU Members Local 804 We Care Home Health Services
Re: Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) Committee
We are pleased to announce the OHS committee met for the first time on March 20. Our committee members will be receiving union training at the union office later this month, and have resources of the union availa...
April 13, 2017
Training Day -Labour Code OHS Committee Reps - BCGEU
Did you know you are entitled to annual education leave totaling at least 8 hours? Did you also know your employer is required to support this training without loss of pay or other benefits? The employer must cover the costs of the training and any other reasonable costs to attend the course. If you are unable to take the training yourself, you have the right to assign your 8 hour annual allot...
April 13, 2017
Quesnel Council Talks Marijuana - BCGEU
Quesnel City Council has begun the process of preparing for the legalization of marijuana.
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April 13, 2017
Senior care will improve, health minister vows - BCGEU
(March 2017 Article)
The B.C. government is heeding its seniors' care advisors and will hire 1,500 more people over the next four years to assist seniors in residential care, Health Minister Terry Lake said Thursday.
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April 13, 2017
Seniors care shouldn’t be a private-equity money-maker - BCGEU
(March 2017 Article)
Late last year, a large trans-national insurance company, Anbang, announced its intention to buy a majority interest in Retirement Concepts, a Canadian, for-profit, nursing-home chain. Retirement Concepts currently receives funding from a number of provincial governments to provide nursing-home care and is the highest-billing provider of assisted-living and residential car...
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