NEWS & UPDATES
February 08, 2018
Your New Local 0810 Executive - BCGEU
Nominations closed on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 for the Local 0810 Executive. Please join us in congratulating the following member in their position for this three year term of office!
Local 0810 Chairperson Tammy Schock In Solidarity, BCGEU Peace River Area Office Download PDF of notice here
UWU/MoveUP
February 08, 2018
Minimum Wage Announcement: Low Wage Workers Need $15 Now, Not in 2021 - BCGEU
Today's announcement by the provincial government that B.C.'s minimum wage will reach $15.20 per hour on June 1, 2021 is disappointing, both to the BCGEU and to the 20 per cent of B.C.'s workers who make less than $15 per hour. We think that the provincial government should take action to reduce poverty and inequality in our province by increasing the minimum wage to $15 immediately, as we stat...
February 08, 2018
Election Results for Local 812 Executive - BCGEU
The call for nominations for Local 812 Local Executive closed. We confirm that your new Executive is as follows:
Local ChairpersonSusanne Bellefontaine
1st Vice Chair:Election Required
2nd Vice Chair:Shelley Hollstein
Treasurer:Vacant
Recording Secretary:Vacant
Member at Large:Terressa Dilley
Member at Large:Vacant
Member at Large:Vacant
Member at Large:Vaca...
February 08, 2018
BCGEU Welcomes Review of Labour Code - BCGEU
The BCGEU welcomes the provincial government's announcement earlier this week that they have appointed a committee of special advisers to review the provincial labour code. This review is a good first step in the process of restoring fairness to both the labour code and the BC Labour Relations Board.
The code review panel will be consulting with stakeholders around B.C. before reporting back to...
February 08, 2018
Elections for Local 805 Executive - BCGEU
The nomination period for local 805 executive closed on February 5, 2018. The following positions have been acclaimed:
Chairperson:
Mike Connolly
Treasurer:
Marilyn Mounsey
1st Vice Chairperson:
Vacant - No nominations received
Recording Secretary:
Joanne LeClerc
2nd Vice Chairperson:
Vacant - No nominations received
3 Members-at-Large:
Sukh Gurm
2 Vacant
1 Me...
February 06, 2018
Hard Rock Casino workers vote to strike - BCGEU
Hard Rock Casino workers vote to strike An astounding 99.5% vote in favour of strike action Members of the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) working at Hard Rock Casino in Coquitlam voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike action against their employer this week. In a vote held from February 1-4, over 90% of Hard Rock staff came out and voted 99.5% in favour of taking...
February 05, 2018
B.C.’s liquor stores well positioned under new cannabis retail regulations - ...
The new retail cannabis regulations announced by the B.C. government leaves B.C.'s liquor stores well-positioned to provide safe, secure, reliable access to non-medical cannabis products, the Responsible Marijuana Retail Alliance of BC (RMRABC) said today. While the government chose not to allow the sale of alcohol and cannabis in the same store, because of federal recommendations against co-lo...
February 02, 2018
Province’s seniors are still not receiving minimum care hours - BCGEU
British Columbia's Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, released her annual Residential Care Facilities Quick Facts Directory this week, providing information about the almost 300 publicly subsidized residential care facilities in the province.
Perhaps the most alarming finding in the report is that 85 per cent of B.C.'s residential-care homes fail to meet the government's own minimum staffing ...
February 02, 2018
BCGEU presses budget priorities in letter to B.C. Finance Minister - BCGEU
As the new NDP government prepares to introduce their first full budget on February 20, the BCGEU used the opportunity to restate our union's budget priorities in a letter to B.C.
Finance Minister Carole James:
Dear Minister,
Re Priorities for the upcoming B.C. Budget 2018/2019
Thank you for the opportunity to share our members' observations and priorities in the lead-up to B.C. Budget 2018...
February 02, 2018
Local 811 Local Executive Nomination Results - BCGEU
The nomination process for your Local Executive positions closed on February 1, 2018, and we want to take this opportunity to advise you of the results and congratulate the successful candidates.
Congratulations to Brenda Landry (Local Chair), Barbara Walker (Recording Secretary), Sarah Johnson (Member-At-Large Young Worker position).
Your Executive with the results are as follows:
Chair: Brend...
February 01, 2018
Area 07 2018 Free Skate - BCGEU
FREE PUBLIC SKATE
Every year, the Cross Component Committee (CCC) of the BCGEU is pleased to celebrate the BC Family Day with free public skates throughout the Okanagan.
Here are the locations, dates and times for this year:
Sunday, Feb. 11thHassen Memorial Arena3315 Pleasant Valley RdArmstrong3:45pm - 5:45pm
Sunday, Feb. 11thJim Lind Arena2760 Cameron RdWest Kelowna1:30pm – 4:00pm
Monday, Feb....
February 01, 2018
BCGEU remembers Lorraine Logan - BCGEU
On behalf of the members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union I offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Lorraine Logan who passed away on January 23, 2018. An activist through and through, and right up until the end, she was a champion of workers' rights, LGBTQ+ rights, women's rights and seniors' rights.
Lorraine Logan grew up in Vancouver. Her family was smal...