Right now, your Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) is at the bargaining table working toward a new collective agreement for you and 17,000 other workers in employed in community social services across the province. Your contract expires on March 31st.

Bargaining can be a long and complex process. To help you better understand all of the steps involved, we've made a video to help explain the process. 

The video features members of your bargaining committee and is indexed by topic, so that each link that goes directly to the start of each individual topic: 

• Determining bargaining priorities
• At the Bargaining Table
• Reaching Impasse: Escalation and Job Action
• Voting on a tentative agreement
• A Deal is Reached

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxtyuGXjjqE



Bargaining a new collective agreement always begins and ends with you.  Your ideas and your vote.

And please, it’s critical for your bargaining committee to be able to communicate with you so now is a great time to make sure we have your updated contact information. Log in to update your information here. It’s important that we have your personal email address and personal cell phone number.  Please check with your coworkers to make sure they are also receiving these email updates and share them.
 
Your bargaining committee will continue updating you as bargaining proceeds and will keep you informed every step of the way.

In solidarity,

Your BCGEU Community Social Services Bargaining Committee

Andrea Duncan, Vice-President Component 3, Chair of Negotiating Committee, 303
Kari Bepple, Co-Chair, General Services, 305
Pamela Pye, Co-Chair, Community Living Services, 303
Patricia Phillips, Co-Chair, Indigenous Services, 303
Angela Reed, 305
April Duffield, 304
Brian Calderwood, 301
Jessica Daignealt, 304
Katelynn Banky, 301
Laurel Nielsen, 312
Lois Higgins, 302
Melissa Linn, 312
Rene Francis, 311
Tammy Lewis, 304
Wynn Hartfelder, 307
Selena Kongpreecha, Lead Spokesperson
James Coccola, Executive Vice-President


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