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August 20, 2025
BCGEU Donates $20,000 to World Food Programme Supporting Sudan - BC General E...
BCGEU Donates $20,000 to World Food Programme Supporting Sudan
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is one of the world's worst and most underreported. Millions of people are facing hunger, violence, and displacement.
At our last convention, BCGEU members passed a resolution committing our union to shine a light on this crisis and stand in solidarity with the people of Sudan. As part of that commit...
August 19, 2025
BCGEU donates $20,000 to U.N. World Food Programme Palestine Emergency Appeal...
BCGEU stands in solidarity with the people of Gaza, who are facing alarming levels of famine and starvation.
As the devastating famine continues to unfold, more than half a million Gazans are on the brink of starvation and the rest are enduring emergency levels of hunger. Based on the recommendation of its international solidarity advisory committee, the BCGEU provincial executive has vote...
August 14, 2025
BCGEU calls on B.C. government to repeal Name Amendment Act restricting legal...
The BCGEU joins the chorus of voices across the province calling for a repeal to Bill 26, the Name Amendment Act (No 2) 2024, which restricts or bans access to legal name changes for people in B.C. and causes disproportionate harm to transgender and Indigenous folks, those fleeing domestic violence, and young people.
The amendments violate international and human rights law in the processing...
July 25, 2025
BCGEU Statement on Fort Langley Pride Crosswalk - BC General Employees' Union...
BCGEU Statement on Fort Langley Pride Crosswalk
The BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) stands in full solidarity with the Langley Pride Society and 2SLGBTQIA+ community members in Fort Langley and beyond as the Township of Langley considers removing the Pride crosswalk located in the heart of the village.
Council's motion to remove and relocate the crosswalk-under the guise of "heritage" and "...
July 22, 2025
Local 804 Meeting - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
COMPONENT: Community Health ServicesLOCAL: 804DATE: August 11, 2025TIME: 12:00pm – 1:00pm (Bargaining Update Q&A session only) OR 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Bargaining Update Q&A session followed by Local meeting)PLACE: Hybrid-Fraser Valley Area Office (8555 198A Street, Langley) & Via Zoom
AGENDA
To attend via zoom pleas...
July 22, 2025
Local 810 - **REMINDER** - Nomination for Local Executive - BC General Emplo...
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the local executive:
Chairperson
Recording Secretary
Member-at-Large Equity Representative
Member-at-Large Indigenous Representative
Member-at-Large (Young Worker)
The term is the remainder of the three years. Information on the responsibilities and activities of each office is available from your area office.
The deadline for nomination...
July 21, 2025
Members in the Community Health Bargaining Association - Reminder: Join your ...
REMINDER: Zoom Q&A sessions start tomorrow!
Hosted by your bargaining committee, these one-hour meetings are your chance to get an update on where things stand with bargaining, ask questions, and share your feedback on the path forward.
Check the schedule below and plan to attend either the session for your local or one of the hybrid meetings on July 29 or August 11:
📅 Zoom Q&A Sc...
July 18, 2025
Public service workers to take strike vote following impasse - BC General Emp...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 2025
VICTORIA, B.C. – Over 34,000 members of the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) working for B.C.’s public service will prepare to take a strike vote following a breakdown in negotiations for their next collective agreement. The union and the provincial government's Public Service Agency (PSA) reached an impasse today over key issues, including competiti...
July 18, 2025
TODAY: BCGEU update on public service negotiations - BC General Employees' Un...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 18, 2025
VICTORIA, B.C. – BCGEU president and public service bargaining committee chair Paul Finch will hold a press conference today to update media on recent developments in negotiations between the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) and the provincial government's Public Service Agency (PSA).
The BCGEU will also be releasing a new report, B.C.'s public service:...
July 17, 2025
All Area 04 Members -Cultural and Carnival Day August 9, 2025 - BC General Em...
To: All Area 04 BCGEU membersRe: Cultural & Carnival Day Event August 9, 2025
The Area 04 Cross Component invites you and your family for a cultural and carnival celebration taking place at our Fraser Valley Office!
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025Place: 8555 198 A Street, Langley BC V2Y 0A9 (Fraser Valley Area Office)Time: 11 am – 3 pm The goal of this event is to bring together the rich...
July 17, 2025
ALL BCGEU Members in the Community Health Bargaining Association - Let’s Talk...
As we shared in a bulletin yesterday, your Community Bargaining Association (CBA) bargaining committee has canceled all remaining July dates with the employer – the Health Employers' Association of BC (HEABC). Why? Because we're simply not seeing meaningful progress at the table.
Before talks resume in September and October, we want to hear directly from you.
Your bargaining committee is host...
July 16, 2025
All Members in the Community Health Bargaining Association - July Bargaining ...
Your BCGEU delegates to the CBA bargaining committee (along with delegates of the six other constituent unions) have spent 16 days at the bargaining table with HEABC. Although we have had a full exchange of non-monetary proposals, we have made very little progress outside of administrative updates to the agreement.
Our goal is to make progress on the priorities you identified – this includes i...
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