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June 01, 2020
Raincity Housing (Chilliwack) Seeking Members Interested in Health & Safety -...
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?
Expression of inte...
June 01, 2020
Kinghaven Peardonville House Steward Nominations - BCGEU
Nominations are now open for the position of one (1) 804 steward at your worksite and will close on Monday, June 15, 2020. 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 co-w...
May 28, 2020
Glass Lewis endorses shareholder motion questioning Thomson Reuters’s (NYSE, ...
Burnaby – One of the world's leading independent proxy advisory firms, Glass Lewis, has recommended that Thomson Reuters (NYSE, TSX: TRI) shareholders vote FOR a proposal filed by the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU). The proposal calls on the Thomson Reuters board to produce a human rights report that addresses the impacts of contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
May 25, 2020
Scheduling per single site order – COVID-19 update, May 22 - BCGEU
Scheduling per single site order – COVID-19 update, May 22
We are writing with important information about scheduling for employees affected by the Provincial Health Officer's Single Site Order.
If you are receiving this email, our records show you work at a worksite subject to the Single Site Order. The Single Site Order restricts workers like you to working at only one Assisted Living, Long ...
May 22, 2020
Your union and WorkSafeBC guidance for re-opening - BCGEU
Your union and WorkSafeBC guidance for re-opening Over the past 10 days, your union's executive, component vice presidents and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) team provided input to the Workers' Compensation Board (WorkSafeBC) as they developed guidance for sectors that are re-opening, as per the B.C. government's Restart Plan. We provided feedback on protocols and best practices to help...
May 21, 2020
Hours of Investigation for Greater Vancouver Community Services Society membe...
The BCGEU wants to encourage all GVCSS CHWs who believe they are not being scheduled according to the Collective Agreement, to please complete the following steps:
Complete an Hours of Investigation (HOI) Form.The form should cover your two-week schedule to ensure you are getting your weekly posted position hours.
Make a copy of the HOI and keep it for your records.
Submit the original copy o...
May 20, 2020
BCGEU releases investor brief calling on Thomson Reuters (TSX, NYSE: TRI) to ...
Ahead of the Thomson Reuters (TSX, NYSE: TRI) annual meeting of shareholders on June 3, 2020, the BCGEU has released an investor brief about its shareholder proposal, raising concerns about human rights impacts at the $8-billion software and media company. The Proposal asks the Thomson Reuters board to investigate and disclose whether it has adequately assessed and mitigated the reputational an...
May 19, 2020
Provincial government announces details of pandemic pay program for essential...
In mid-April the federal government announced it was working with the provinces on a cost-shared, temporary "pandemic pay" program to top up the wages of select essential frontline workers-under the cost-share, the federal government is responsible for 75 per cent of the funding and the provincial governments are responsible for the remaining 25 per cent. Ever since the initial announcement, yo...
May 19, 2020
Vancouver Community Services Society - Steward Nominations - BCGEU
Nominations are now open for 1 (one) steward position at your worksite and will close on June 18, 2020.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 co-workers about thei...
May 19, 2020
BCGEU calls for expansion of B.C.’s pandemic pay program for essential workers
BURNABY, B.C. – Today the B.C. government released long-awaited details of a federal-provincial cost-shared pandemic pay program to temporarily top up the wages of some essential workers. The B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) is calling on Victoria to expand the program to cover more essential frontline workers.
"The BCGEU pushed hard for this program to cover the broadest po...
May 12, 2020
Local 803 Vancouver Coastal Health - Steward Nominations - BCGEU
Nominations are now open for 2 (two) steward positions at your worksite and will close on June 11, 2020.
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 co-workers about t...
May 07, 2020
The Provincial Spring 2020 - BCGEU
Check out the latest issue of The Provincial
This issue has updates on our union's Equity, Inclusion & Diversity Strengthen All of Us roundtable, our COVID-19 information hub, the fight against massive rent increases and our union's new Affordable BC podcast. UWU/MoveUP
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