FortisBC Customer Services Centres

(EC #1537 is a position representing members employed at FortisBC Energy - CSC at Burnaby)Term Ending:  April 30, 2017This is to inform you that as a result of the recent by-election to fill executive council position #1537, the deadline for ballots to be received at the union office was Friday, June 16, 2017. The ballots […]

In our last bulletin, we wrote to let you know that the BC Labour Board had granted MoveUP’s application for certification of the FortisBC- Customer Service Centre(s); however, we were awaiting the results of the vote.We received notice on Wednesday, May 3 that the votes have been counted and the results are as follows:There were […]

We write to let you know that we received the BC Labour Board’s decision on our certification application for identifying the Employer for the FortisBC - Customer Service Centre(s) bargaining unit.The Board has declared that FortisBC Energy Inc. and FortisBC Inc. are to be a common employer of the employees in the Customer Service Centre(s), […]

This is a notice of interest for membership representation on the Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee.In accordance with Workers' Compensation Act, Division 4, joint occupational health & safety (OH&S) meetings will take place every month to identify and make recommendations that correct unsafe and unhealthy environments.Time spent on committee business is paid for by […]

The bargaining process: your bargaining committee negotiated this tentative agreement on your behalf. The bargaining committee is made up of three (3) workers who are union members from FortisBC-CSC, and one MoveUP staff representative.The bargaining committee reviewed the results of the bargaining survey, which was emailed by the union to the members on October 7, […]

Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with the Company.We are happy to let you know some of the highlights that are included in the tentative agreement:Five (5) year term with wage increases: 1%, 1%, 1.25%, 1.5% 1.5%Achieving your four weeks of vacation sooner.Increase in benefitsJob SecurityIncrease on […]

We write to inform you that since our last bulletin and membership meetings, your bargaining committee and the Company met on January 23rd through to February 3rd to negotiate a new collective agreement.We are pleased to report that we are now in the process of discussing our monetary proposals and have reached agreement with the […]

We are writing to let you know that we have received notification from some members that they have not yet received their mail ballots from the BC Labour Board.  As you may recall, we sent out a bulletin informing you of this initiative on December 15, 2016.We ask that if you have not received your […]