All BCGEU offices are open. Members who wish to attend at a BCGEU office must follow BCGEU Safety Protocols, which include wearing a face mask in all common areas.
COMPONENT 8 - COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES
Component 8 includes members who provide health services in our communities.
They work in home support, drug and alcohol treatment centres, adult day care, detox and emergency shelters, women's clinics, services to seniors, mental health group homes, regional health units and other community-based health services.
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Seven months after starting bargaining and almost seven weeks after starting job action, members of the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) working as librarians for the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) have voted almost 90% in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement. “This has been a challenging round of bargaining, but these members st...
Nominations are now open for the position of three (3) stewards at your worksite and will close on Thursday, April 28th, 2022. Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union. Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to ...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Members of the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) working as librarians for the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) have reached a tentative agreement with their employer and, as a result, are pausing job action. The offer comes after a month of rotating pickets at various VIRL branches. Following meetings to discuss the terms of the tentative ag...
Community health bargaining will resume next week, starting on Monday, April 11th. Your bargaining committee will be focused on portability of seniority, overtime by seniority, workload and making sure wages keep up with inflation.
A number of members have contacted us with questions about what will come next, and how the bargaining process works overall.
To address these questions, your bargai...
BURNABY, B.C. (COAST SALISH TERRITORIES) – Today, RBC (TSX: RY) shareholders voted 22% in favour of a proposal asking for the company to assess and mitigate the human rights and reputational risks involved in the financialization of housing. The proposal was presented by the B.C. General Employees’ Union, an institutional investor in RBC. In response to the AGM results, BCGEU President Stephani...
Every year, on April 28, BCGEU members across the province come together to honour and remember co-workers and family members who were injured, made sick or killed because of something that happened at work. As COVID-19 restrictions loosen, our coming together this year will once again be in-person. It is critical that we all remember those workers and reiterate our commitment to fight for the ...
The nomination period for Member-at-Large closed on April 4, 2022. Jo-Ann McCaffrey, has been acclaimed. Congratulations to Jo-Ann McCaffrey!
Your Local Executive now consists of:
Local Chairperson: JoAnne Leclerc
1st Vice Chairperson: Shawna Tolhurst
2nd Vice Chairperson: Darla Decicco
Treasurer: Vacant
Recording Secretary: Vacant
Members-at-Large: Mike Connolly
Members-at-Large: Jo-An...
As the Lead union for the CBA we have received a request from HEABC to confirm that we consent to a temporary vehicle allowance (mileage) increase for Community Health Workers due to high fuel prices.
We have provided confirmation of our consent and the increased rates are effective March 18, 2022 and will be reviewed by Health Authorities and HEABC after 60 days.This is not an entitlement of...
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam),
Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.