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Expanding sheriff duties to include routine traffic responsibilities: union's lobby efforts on track

7 Sep '10

Alert for Component 1 members
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Seniors care home fails to honour commitments to laid-off workers

31 Aug '10

Laid-off care staff at Cerwydden Care Centre in Duncan are still waiting to be paid out their remaining pay after working their last day on August 9. Read more »

Auditor General finds environmental enforcement capacity in B.C. Parks insufficient: lack of funding and resources to blame, says BCGEU

24 Aug '10

Environmental monitoring and enforcement in the BC Parks system is critically lacking, the B.C. Auditor General said in a report released yesterday. Read more »

Arrival of refugees strains already overcrowded correctional facilities: BCGEU

13 Aug '10

The housing of up to 500 refugee claimants in Lower Mainland correctional facilities will strain an already overcrowded provincial jail system, the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union said today, in renewing its call for the provincial government to expand correctional facilities. Read more »

New segment of "In Conversation" on BCGEU TV

13 Aug '10

Watch the latest installment of In Conversation on BCGEU TV with president Darryl Walker and Brian Gardiner. In this segment, the president outlines his Fall 2010 agenda and priorities.

 

Watch "In Conversation" on BCGEU TV.

Office closures, ministry layoffs opened door to abusive forestry contractors: BCGEU

12 Aug '10

Forest and Range ministry office closures and staff layoffs starting in 2003 have reduced staff’s ability to monitor contractors, the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union said today, in response to news reports of workers abuse by forestry contractors. Read more »

B.C. government’s new social service delivery plan will cut services to vulnerable people

6 Aug '10

People who rely on community social services on southern Vancouver Island are in jeopardy because of the Ministry of Children and Family Development’s new South Island Contracted Service Delivery Plan. The plan is currently being implemented. Read more »

BCGEU backs urgent call to stop group home closures

3 Aug '10

The BCGEU is supporting a call by Moms on the Move (MOMS) urging Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman to halt the relocation of developmentally disabled adults to potentially unsafe and unsuitable housing. Read more »

Child care advocates and ECEs team up for new project on early care and learning in B.C.

29 Jul '10

The Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia (CCCABC), together with the Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC), is undertaking a new project. Read more »

BC’s Legal Service Society members serve 72 hour strike notice

23 Jul '10

The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union announced today that it is serving 72 hour strike notice to the Legal Services Society of B.C. on behalf of their members, to take effect at noon on Monday, July 26, 2010. Read more »