C4 - COMPONENT RESOURCES
Facilities Bargaining - Introduction
Facilities Bargaining - Comprehensive Report
Facilities Bargaining - Appendix
NEW! Bill 29 Joint Retraining Fund Documents
Bill 29 Settlement Agreements
Community Bargaining Association Agreement - PDF
Facilities Bargaining Association Agreement - PDF
Health Sciences Professionals Agreement - PDF
Arbitrator Chris Sullivan's decision on criteria for eligible Bill 29 grievances
Towards an Enhanced and More Accessible Home Support System for BC's Seniors
BCGEU members contributed to this new report from CCPA (May 4, 2009). It provides a plan for expanding home support in ways that support service integration and continuity of care, and takes into account the interconnections between quality of service for clients and working conditions for staff. Click here for the PDF.
"Quiet Bargain" ~ CCPA report
Most Canadians enjoy a higher quality of life because of the public services their taxes fund, says a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). Click here for CCPA report.
Home Support Hours Investigation form - PDF
Submission to the Ombudsman on the Systemic Investigation of Seniors' Care in British Columbia
Community Health positions - Click here for Community Subsector Collective Agreement Classification Review Form
Classification Appeal Form for devolved government employees - updated October 2008
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Health Facilities Classification Job Review Request Form and Instructions - Click here
Community Health Subsector Benchmarks
Education Fund Appeal
FBA Education Fund - Long Term Training
FBA Education Fund - Short Term Training
FBA Education Fund - Funding Sources
Migrant Health Worker Project
Almost every country in the world faces a shortage of health care workers. But why are we trying to solve our problem by poaching trained care providers from poorer countries?
Unions from around the world are campaigning to draw attention to the plight of migrant health care workers and the impacts of recruitment campaigns launched by developed countries on the health care systems of poorer ones. Bad working conditions, low wages, the promise of better opportunities, and aggressive recruitment campaigns are the main reasons why health care providers from developing, or ‘sending’ countries migrate to developed or ‘receiving’ countries.
But the loss of skilled care givers to mass recruitment campaigns launched by developed countries puts added stress on already weak health care systems in poor countries. It means that health facilities in some parts of the world are forced to close, and more people lose all access to even basic care services.
The BCGEU and NUPGE are working with the Public Services International (PSI) on a Migrant Health Care Workers project which has been initiated in 16 countries. The unions want governments like Canada’s to adopt a series of ethical guidelines to protect against poaching, which has a negative impact on the health and wellbeing of people in poorer countries.
Click on links below to download PDF file of documents.
Migrant Women in Health Sector
Fast Facts
A series of fact sheets providing social, economic and related health care information - prepared mainly for migrant workers:
- Do you qualify as a Skilled Worker?
- Cost of Living in Canada
- Union Rights in Canada
- Young Worker information
- Lower Mainland Migrant Worker Info
- International Nurses in Canada
- Human Rights in Canada
Passport to Worker Rights
A quick pocket-size reference on worker and union rights in Canada:
- Passport to Worker and Union Rights in Canada
- Passport to Worker Rights (Chinese version)
- Passport to Worker Rights (Punjabi version)
