Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that the parties have reached a tentative agreement.

We were able to negotiate several improvements and additions to your collective agreement in a number of areas including:

• General wage increases, including retroactive increases from January 1, 2020.
• Increases to employer-match RRSP contributions.
• Improvements to language about leaves, vacation payout and the grievance process.
• Increases to health benefit and other allowances.
• New language for critical illness and injury and compassionate care leave, donor leave and domestic violence leave.

A ratification information meeting will be scheduled in the coming weeks where we will provide a detailed explanation of our assessment of the monetary component and of the changed and new non-monetary language.

We are unanimously recommending that you vote "yes" to accept the tentative agreement.

Here is the general timeline for the ratification process:

• Ratification information meeting will be scheduled in early March. Members will be sent the ratification document ahead of this meeting.
• Ratification voting period will open at the end of the meeting. Voting will be done electronically.
• At the close of the voting period, the ratification results will be announced.

To help ensure you receive a voting credential, please provide or update your personal email address via the new "My BCGEU" website at https://my.bcgeu.ca/signup. You can edit or update any of your other contact information through this site.

In solidarity,

Natalia Sa, Bargaining Committee Chair
Jamie Nishihata, Bargaining Committee Member
Larisa Mills, Staff Representative

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