Burnaby English Language Centre

Please be advised that effective November 1, 2019, Nathan Beausoleil will be the primary Union Representative in charge of servicing the members for Burnaby English Language Centre. If any member…

Please be advised that the ballots were counted Friday, August 2nd by the MoveUP Returning Officer. The MoveUP members at Burnaby English Language Centre voted in favour of accepting the…

A tentative agreement has been reached with your employer and the ratification meeting for you to vote on the tentative agreement will be held on Thursday, July 25. Your Bargaining Committee…

Your Bargaining Committee met with management today in order to continue the negotiation of the collective agreement renewal. Management presented their proposals for updating the agreement and your Committee had…

Your bargaining committee met with management on March 13, 2019 to begin the process of renewing the collective agreement.  A strategic decision was made to ensure that BELC received the…

Your union and Burnaby English Language Centre will be heading to the bargaining table to negotiate a new collective agreement. I’m writing to offer a quick introduction to the bargaining…

This is in follow up to our January 17 bulletin in which we shared information provided to us by the employer to the effect that Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has amended their offer of a contract extension from 2018 to 2020. As previously noted, this amended offer includes additional cuts in the years […]

Your union recently followed up with the employer regarding the status of contract discussions with Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). The employer informed us that IRCC will not be reopening the request for proposals process at this time. Instead, they are proceeding on the basis of the proposals previously submitted. In the case of […]