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.
Nominations have now opened to elect your Bargaining Committee in the upcoming round of negotiations with the Employer.
Once the bargaining committee is elected, they will meet to review priorities and develop bargaining proposals. In order to do so, it is important that your Bargaining Committee is aware of what is most important to you and where you want to see changes.
Please take the time t...
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the Local Executive:
2nd Vice Chairperson
Recording Secretary
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Young Worker
Equity Member
Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is attached and are also available from your Area Office.
The deadline for nominations is: March 16, 2023 at 5 p.m.
If there is an ele...
Getting involved with Occupational Health & Safety is a great way for union members to contribute. As a safety committee member, you will help ensure your employer is following OH&S regulations. You can raise the profile of health and safety and improve your working environment. Would you like to serve on an Occupational Health & Safety Committee at your worksite?
Members of the Com...
Shareholders will soon get a chance to vote on two proposals on racial equity at the Bank of Montreal (BMO) and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). The proposals were jointly filed by BCGEU with Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) on behalf of the Atkinson Foundation.
This comes following announcements from both the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and National Bank of C...
To: All BCGEU Local 810 MembersRe: Nominations for Local Executive- Mid Term Election
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the Local Executive:
2nd Vice Chairperson
Treasurer
Recording Secretary
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Young Worker
Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is attached and are also available from your Area Of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 2, 2023BCGEU and UBCIC announce partnership to push corporate Canada to operationalize FPICThe labour union and Indigenous political organization joined forces with the aim of combining their respective expertise to push financial institutions to operationalize FPIC.Vancouver, BC, Musqueam Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territories - The B.C. General Employees' Union ...
General wage increases will now be applied on April 1st of each year of our new agreement. During the ratification process an issue arose at other health sector tables related to the effective date of general wage increases. Those tables agreed that the increases will be applied on April 1st of each year of the agreement instead of the first full pay period in April of each year of the agreemen...
To: All BCGEU Members at Living Well Home Care ServicesRe: Bargaining Committee Nominations – Three (3) Positions
Your collective agreement expires on March 31, 2023, and we are preparing for the upcoming round of collective bargaining.Your Union needs your help and participation in the preparations and bargaining process. The first step is to elect a union bargaining committee which will negot...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2023
BCGEU community health workers ratify three-year deal
BURNABY, B.C. (Coast Salish Territories) – The member unions of the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC). The B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) is the lead union representing 13,000...
The member unions of the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) have voted by over 94 per cent to ratify a new three-year collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC). The agreement is retroactive to April 1, 2022 and is effective until March 31, 2025. The employer controls when retroactive pay will be paid but the union will advocate for it to be issue...
Getting involved with Occupational Health & Safety is a great way for union members to contribute. As a safety committee member, you will help ensure your employer is following OH&S regulations. You can raise the profile of health and safety and improve your working environment. Would you like to serve on an Occupational Health & Safety Committee at your worksite?Members of the comm...
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.