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Members at Growing Together Child & Parent Society - Tentative Agreement Reached! – Full details and Meeting Reminder - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

Published on December 12, 2023

Our bargaining committee is pleased to announce that we have achieved a tentative collective agreement with the employer!
 
What is next? We will be holding a ratification meeting for Wednesday, December 13 at the worksite at 4 pm. At this meeting you can ask questions about the tentative agreement, and we will give you a chance to vote on the tentative agreement.
 

As promised here is the ratification document with the all the changes

 
The highlights of the proposed deal include:

  • A base raise for 2023 of 0.75 cents per hour for all classifications and targeted increases as described below:
    • Senior ECE and ECE IT and/or Special Needs, will receive an additional $1.25 per hour.
    • ECE will receive an additional 0.75 cents per hour.
    • These increases will be retroactive to November 1st, 2023.
  • Enshrined the Health and Welfare Benefits plan into the collective agreement. Premiums are paid 80% by the employer and 20% by the worker.
  • In exchange for the Health and Welfare Benefits Plan we have agreed to remove the clothing allowance.
  • Expanding bereavement leave to include Family of Choice.
  • Agreed to strike joint committees to explore a pension plan and to increase vacation entitlement.
  • New language so that no wage rate is ever below minimum wage plus union dues.

The tentative agreement, if ratified, would expire on October 31, 2025 with a wage re-opener for November 2024 to re-examine wages and the work of the joint committees.
 
To ensure you receive copies of all bargaining updates in a timely manner, we recommend that you update your existing contact information by going to the BCGEU website at https://my.bcgeu.ca/signup or by notifying your bargaining committee or Steward.
 
Remember we are stronger together!
 
In solidarity,
Lori Hamilton, Bargaining Committee Member
Danielle Unger, Bargaining Committee Member
Kathleen Mann, Staff Representative
 
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Download PDF of notice here



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