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May 02, 2024
Canada BC Business Services Society - Bargaining Committee Nominations – Two ...
We are now in full preparation for the upcoming round of collective bargaining as the collective agreement with your employer expired March 2024. The Union will need your help and your complete participation in the preparation for the bargaining process. The first step is to elect a Union Bargaining Committee which will negotiate the new collective agreement with the Employer's Bargaining Commi...
May 01, 2024
BC Housing- 🎉 Strike Vote Results Are In! - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
After an overwhelming number of you cast your strike ballots, the results from our vote are in! 100% of Maintenance voted YES 96.6% of Admin voted YES Next Steps This week, we have bargaining meetings scheduled with the employer to discuss the Admin collective agreement, and next week we are discussing the Maintenance agreement. Thanks to you, we are going into these meetings with good le...
April 26, 2024
Day of Mourning: Joint statement from Shannon Salter (PSA) and Stephanie Smit...
This message was distributed to all employees of the BC Public Service Agency, including those who are BCGEU members.
Every year on April 28, we recognize the National Day of Mourning to remember those who have been injured, become ill or have tragically died in workplace incidents. Not only is this day an important opportunity to honour these individuals, it's also a means of reinforcing the c...
April 23, 2024
Vancity Savings Credit Union Member Service Centre (MSC) / Visa Centre Stewar...
Nominations are now open for 10 (ten) steward positions at Vancity – Member Service Centre (MSC) (6 positions) and Visa Centre (4 positions) and will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, May 23, 2024. Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union. Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement...
April 23, 2024
Vancity Savings Credit Union Branch 52 #5 - 121 Brew St, Port Moody - Steward...
Nominations are now open for 1 (one) steward position at Vancity – Branch 52 and will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, May 23, 2024.Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening t...
April 19, 2024
BC Housing Management Commission – Administrative/Clerical (Admin) and Mainte...
STRIKE VOTE – NOTICE OF POLL A strike vote will be conducted for the employees of the BC Housing Management Commission (the "Employer") in the bargaining units composed of:Administrative / Clerical Division and Maintenance / Service DivisionThe vote will be conducted online, i.e. via the internet, through an independent third-party voting company contracted by the BCGEU. An electronic ballot wi...
April 19, 2024
River Rock Casino - Food & Beverage & Theatre - Contract Variance Finalized! ...
Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to report that the BCGEU and River Rock Casino have settled on a Memorandum of Agreement to include all members working in the Food & Beverage & Theatre in the main River Rock collective agreement.A copy of the River Rock collective agreement can be found HERE.A copy of the River Rock Food & Beverage & Theatre MOA can be found HERE.Placement ...
April 19, 2024
Bringing Interior Savings Workers Together - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Friends, Many of you are asking about bargaining for the renewal of the Thompson Interior Savings collective agreement. Please accept our apologies for the tardiness of this update; there has been a lot happening in the background that we had been unable to disclose until now. On a go forward basis, you have our commitment for regular updates. As you may be aware, the BCGEU has two separa...
April 18, 2024
All BC Housing members - Joint Bargaining Update #17 - BC General Employees' ...
Three weeks ago, we updated you on our ongoing efforts to secure a full response from the Employer on our outstanding proposals. Since then, your collective actions have notably intensified the pressure. A delegation of BC Housing workers, representing us all, successfully delivered a letter signed by 551 of our colleagues to CEO Vincent Tong, urging him to spearhead necessary changes.
Furtherm...
April 18, 2024
Major investors with $1.7 trillion AUM demand action from Canada’s largest co...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 18, 2024
Major investors with $1.7 trillion AUM demand action from Canada's largest companies on shareholder rights
(Burnaby, British Columbia) An international coalition of institutional investors and service providers, representing over $1.7 trillion CAD in assets under management and advisory, have signed on to an investor statement calling on Canada's largest co...
April 15, 2024
Vancity Savings Credit Union Branch 28 - Steward Nominations - BC General Emp...
Nominations are now open for 2 (two) steward position at Vancity – Branch 28 and will close at 4:30pm on Monday, April 29, 2024.Stewards are the primary representatives of members and have an important role within the Union.Some of the roles of a steward are:
Helping co-workers interpret and understand their collective agreement.
Supporting co-workers in meetings with management.
Listening to ...
April 09, 2024
Best Western Plus Burnaby - Bargaining Update #1 – Pre-Bargaining has begun -...
On April 5, your bargaining committee met to review your surveys and to start drafting proposals based on what is important to you. The committee will meet again in a couple of weeks to finalize our proposals ahead of meeting with the employer. If you have not yet submitted your bargaining questionnaire, please complete the attached form and return it directly to a member of your committee or s...
April 08, 2024
Petition to improve the safety and quality of BC’s highways - BC General Empl...
BCGEU,Will you sign this petition calling on the provincial government to make changes to B.C.'s highways maintenance program that will improve the quality and safety of our highways? For decades, highways workers maintained the roads as direct provincial government employees. Then in 1987, sweeping changes were made to restructure government and privatize many public services – this included a...
April 04, 2024
Day of Mourning is April 28 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Every year, on April 28, BCGEU members across the province come together to honour and remember co-workers and family members who were injured, made sick or killed because of something that happened at work. It is critical that we all remember those workers and reiterate our commitment to fight for the living to prevent further tragedies. Here are a few ways you can acknowledge Day of Mourning ...
April 03, 2024
Joint Statement: Canada must suspend arms trade with Israel (NUPGE) - BC Gene...
In the wake of recent civilian deaths, today the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) -- our national union -- joined with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) to call on the Canadian government to suspend the trade of arms and military equipment with Israel. Click here to ...
April 02, 2024
2024 BCGEU Scholarship Winners - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Congratulations to the 2024 BCGEU Scholarship Winners.
The BCGEU is pleased to support our 2024 scholarship recipients in their continuing education.
2024 BCGEU Scholarship Winners
Scholarship of $2000 for full-time students and $1000 for part-time students were awarded to members and their families across the province with a total of $90,000 awarded in the total.
Winners will be mailed a let...
April 02, 2024
Servomation Inc. - Bargaining Committee Election Results - BC General Employe...
The results of the election for the Servomation Bargaining Committee are set out below. Congratulations to you all! Thank you to everyone who put their name forward. Bargaining Committee Members:
Jason Blackmore
Mary Chew
Michelle DuCharme
Adam Scott
Cheri Trewin
To ensure you receive bargaining updates, please provide a personal email address to the BCGEU at https://members.bcgeu.ca/signup....
March 27, 2024
BC Housing Management Commission – Administrative/Clerical (Admin) and Mainte...
During and after the town hall of March 7 many of you have reached out to us to express your frustration with the pace of bargaining. We heard you, are hearing you and couldn't agree more.We tabled monetary for Admin on Jan 4 and for Maintenance on Feb 27. We have yet to receive a response on any of the substantial items. We've told the Employer that we expect a complete response on all outstan...
March 22, 2024
VANCITY BARGAINING UPDATE - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Friends,Please join us in welcoming our newest members from the Chinatown Community Branch. We are now at approximately 837 workers giving us a loud and powerful collective voice.We now have CAT members at almost every branch and department including, the Chinatown Community Branch. The members of CAT will be reaching out to workers at their assigned departments or branches with updates, asks a...
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