NEWS & UPDATES
May 19, 2021
Public Service Members with ‘on hold’ Classification Appeals - Update and Zo...
Members have expressed concerns about the length of time being taken to reactivate appeals that were placed on hold in the spring of 2020. The hold was due to a backlog of appeals dating back to 2011. At that time, after a period of trying to manage these older appeals as well as those being newly filed, both parties agreed to concentrate on the older appeals out of fairness to the appellants w...
May 18, 2021
All Local 803 BCGEU Members at Elizabeth Bagshaw Society - Nominations for 2 ...
Nominations have closed for two (2) steward positions on Wednesday May 13, 2021. We are pleased to announce that Doris Santic has been acclaimed as the new steward at Elizabeth Bagshaw Society Please join us in wishing Doris well in their new position. In solidarity Nicki PearsonStaff RepresentativeDownload PDF of notice here
UWU/MoveUP
May 13, 2021
SECRETARY LEVEL 3 - Organizing (Temporary) - BCGEU
BCGEU – HEADQUARTERS OFFICE
INTERNAL POSTING
May 13, 2021
POSITION: SECRETARY – ORGANIZING (Temporary)
GRADE: LEVEL 3 - MoveUP AGREEMENT
A secretary is required to perform secretarial and word processing functions for staff representatives in the Organizing department. Term of assignment is up to 5 months or return of incumbent.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties will include: proces...
May 05, 2021
Your Worksite Stewards at RainCity Housing & Support Society - BCGEU
***PLEASE POST ON UNION BOARD***
This notice is to advise all BCGEU members at RainCity Housing & Support Society that the following people are the current shop stewards for your worksite:
Beshele Caron
Urs Dring
Heather Guthrie
Hanzl
Sean Harper
Odette Henwood
Courtney Kelly
Kimberly Luscombe
Shannon Nickel
Kevin Ramsay
Justin Sutherland
Meagan Taylor
Coral Watson
Rand...
May 05, 2021
COVID Update - BCGEU
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, our understanding of the virus is rapidly evolving. It is now widely recognized that airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 can occur under certain conditions. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) recently updated its guidance to acknowledge that SARS-CoV- 2 is spread through aerosols (smaller droplets that can hang in the air for periods of time).1 Further...
May 03, 2021
Remembering Component 1 member Bikramdeep Randhawa
On behalf of 80,000+ members across the province, the BCGEU offers our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Local 104 member Bikramdeep Randhawa as they grieve his sudden and senseless death on Saturday, May 1st.
While the loss of any member under any circumstance is a tragedy, Bikramdeep's youth and the violent, and public nature of his death make this loss harder to b...
April 30, 2021
How the BC Budget affects you – BCGEU analysis
BC Budget Analysis 2021/22Moving in the right direction, but at the wrong speed. On April 20, the BC NDP delivered its first budget and fiscal plan since winning a new majority mandate in the October 2020 general election. More importantly, this was the government's first official budget since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Budget 2021 includes significant funds for em...
April 26, 2021
New Shop Steward - RainCity Housing & Support Society Sechelt - BCGEU
Nominations closed for 1 steward position on April 8, 2021We are pleased to announce that Kash Bajaj has been acclaimed as the new steward at Raincity Housing – Sechelt Please join us in wishing Kash well in their new position.Nicki PearsonStaff RepresentativeDownload PDF of notice here.
UWU/MoveUP
April 26, 2021
New Shop Steward - Gibsons Modular Housing - BCGEU
Nominations closed for 1 steward position on April 8, 2021.We are pleased to announce that Robby Gillard has been acclaimed as the new steward at Raincity Housing – Gibsons Modular Please join us in wishing Robby well in their new position.In solidarityNicki PearsonStaff RepresentativeDownload PDF of notice here.
UWU/MoveUP
BCGEU Headquarters is on the unceded and shared traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & Səlí̓ lwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.