Bargaining
BCGEU – Bargaining Impasse
July 26, 2021
To: All MoveUP members at BCGEU
On July 22, 2021, your bargaining committee and your employer came to a standstill on collective bargaining. Although we have been able to achieve many nonmonetary improvements, the mandate given to us by our membership was to achieve several conditions of employment in bargaining. We have reached an impasse on the following key items:
- Working from home
- Health and Welfare Benefits
- Wage Increases
- Training Premium
While talks have broken down, your bargaining committee is still committed to negotiate with the employer on our members’ behalf.
Your committee has begun the process of preparing for a strike vote. We will be meeting with the Job Stewards to determine the next steps.
We will be scheduling two general membership meetings to discuss what a potential job action would look like and to prepare our membership for the strike vote.
We want to stress that we need solidarity now more than ever, a STRONG strike vote means added pressure to the employer to get a fair collective agreement.
Please ensure that you are registered for the MoveUP member portal with your home email to receive all important bargaining updates.
https://memberportal.moveuptogether.ca/
In solidarity,
Kelly Quinn, Union Representative
Carmen McChesney, Bargaining Committee Member
Gagan Gill, Bargaining Committee Member
Doris Stowe, Bargaining Committee Member
Meaghan Morrice, Bargaining Committee Member
Amy Turton, Bargaining Committee Member