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.
DATE: Thursday, January 17, 2019TIME: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
PLACE: BCGEU Lower Mainland Area Office,
130-2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver
(Squamish Room)
AGENDA
CHW Scheduling
Posting New Positions
Health Benefits Trust
Vacation Carry Over
Joint Community Health Re-Training Fund
Health and Safety; Right to Refuse Unsafe Work
Pizza will be provided
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An interim election for one (1) Local 803 Steward position is being held to fill a current vacancy.
The successful candidate will serve for the remainder of the current term.What do stewards do?
Stewards provide support and advice to members who think they are being treated unfairly. They make sure new employees sign union membership cards and provide information on BCGEU services. Stewards co...
The successful candidate for the BCGEU Shop Stewards at Powell Street Getaway is: Marcus Gagne Your union shop stewards receive training from the union and are available to answer questions about your collective agreement. They are also available to attend meetings with you with management, if you ever believe that discipline will result from the meeting (even if it is an investigation).You ha...
The successful candidate for the BCGEU Shop Stewards at First Place is:
Rishab Rajdev
Your union shop stewards receive training from the union and are available to answer questions about your collective agreement. They are also available to attend meetings with you with management, if you ever believe that discipline will result from the meeting (even if it is an investigation).
You have the ...
***PLEASE POST ON UNION BOARD***
The BCGEU is looking for One (1) steward for CMHA. If you are interested in becoming a steward, or know someone who is, please fill out the nomination form attached here. What do stewards do?Stewards provide support and advice to members who think they are being treated unfairly. They make sure new employees sign union membership cards and provide information on...
Please be advised a nomination has been received for the Local 807 Executive. Your Local Executive is as follows:
Local Chairperson: Sheri Graham
1st Vice Chair: Rhonda Benko
2nd Vice Chair: Colin Gilchrist
Treasurer: Sandra Hutscal
Recording Secretary: Darla Holmwood
Member-at-Large: Vacant
Member-at-Large: Arne Hill
Member-at-Large: Tanya Dokic
Member-at-Large: Pamela Desjardine
In accord...
The BC Government & Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) is disappointed by Election BC's announcement today that the 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform was defeated. Despite this result, over half a million British Columbians voted for change due to a deep dissatisfaction with First Past the Post (FPTP), and the conversation about a more representative voting system must continue. Under FPTP ...
Due to a power failure, the BCGEU Headquarters in Burnaby will continue to be closed for the remainder of the day on December 21, 2018.
We expect that the office will re-open on Monday, December 24. If power has not been restored by then, a subsequent notice will be posted here.
UWU/MoveUP
The winter issue of The Provincial magazine is now available to download. Featured in this issue:
· Local government elections
· Wildfire health risks
· C-6 workers meet minister
· $10-a-day childcare
· Casino bargaining
· Willow Manor worksite profile
· Housing and young workers
· And more…
Download the Winter 2018 issue here
UWU/MoveUP
***PLEASE POST ON UNION BOARD*** We have the results for the election of seven (7) stewards at RainCity Housing.The Candidates who received the most votes are: Kaylee McKinley Heather Guthrie Alicia Gray Urs Dring Megan Taylor Beshele Caron Delhia Nahanee Your Union shop stewards will receive specialized training from the Union and are available to answer any questions about your collective...
Please be advised the following steward positions are vacant at CMHA - Vernon:
3100 28th Avenue, Vernon (2 positions) 9604 Shamanski Drive, Vernon (1 position)3605 24th Avenue, Vernon (1 position)3402 27th Avenue, Vernon (1 position)
Attached is the nomination form and an information sheet on the duties of stewards. On the nomination form, please identify which worksite you are being nominated ...
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the local executive:
• 2nd Vice Chair
• Secretary Treasurer
• Member-At-Large (3 Positions)
• Member-At-Large (Young Worker)
The remainder of the three year term. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is available from your area office.
The deadline for nominations is: 5:00 pm on Friday, January 11th, 2019.
Any ...
In July 2018 the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) made a submission to the provincial government's Rental Housing Task Force recommending measures to expand and better protect the supply of rental housing in the province. Today, the Task Force released its report and 23 policy recommendations that will help to improve life for tenants in B.C. The BCGEU's submission focused on ...
(Burnaby/New Westminster) Over 1,200 members of the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) working at Gateway's Grand Villa Casino in Burnaby and Starlight Casino in New Westminster voted to accept new collective agreements putting them among the highest paid casino workers in the province. "These workers stuck together to set the industry standard," said BCGEU Treasurer Paul Finch....
Tomorrow, I will proudly represent the 77,000 members of the BCGEU at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls. We are the only union in Canada to have legal standing at the Inquiry and I'll be sharing your recommendations directly with the commissioners.
My journey here to Ottawa began on the convention floor in 2014 when a resolution was passed to call for a n...
The BC Government & Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) commends the report Alone and Afraid: Lessons learned from the ordeal of a child with special needs and his family released by the Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) today, and their 11 recommendations to overhaul British Columbia's system of services to support children with complex needs.
The report details the difficult and he...
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