ATTENTION ALL LOCAL 302 OH&S REPRESENTATIVES

The Union will be providing all OH&S Representatives Local 302 with a day of training!

It is preferable but not mandatory that you have the 1-Day OH&S Training prior to the networking session. This Local 302 Networking Strategy Session will focus on:

• providing you with specific knowledge, tools and skills to ensure union caucuses are occurring prior to each joint OH&S committee meeting 
• tools to help identify, strategize and prioritize issues to create an action plan.

DATE: Friday, June 23, 2017

TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Please note the office does not open until 8:30 a.m.)

LOCATION: BCGEU North Island Area Office

106-1650 Terminal Ave N, Nanaimo

(Please park in designated BCGEU parking spots.)

Please register for this session as soon as possible. You will not lose any pay as we pay your wage for the day, and your lunch is covered. You will not lose any pay as we pay your wage for the day, and your lunch is covered .You are an important part of the Union and training is important to properly represent your members.

Join this celebration of workers and their families and call for a renewed commitment for safe and healthy workplaces, justice and equity, and bread and roses for all!

9:00-11:00am Pancake Breakfast
1:00-2:30pm Graveside Vigil

No RSVP necessary

For more information visit www.cumberlandmuseum.ca 

TO: All Members at DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society

DATE: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 

TIME: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

PLACE: Surrey Public Library, 4th Floor - Room 405

City Centre Library - 10350 University Dr

You are invited to join your BCGEU Vice President, Andrea Duncan, Community Social Services, and local 304 chair, Tamara Peterson and Sarah Georgetti, staff representative for a general union meeting for your worksite.

Please bring any workplace concerns or questions you may have.

We hope you can attend this meeting, and look forward to seeing you there. 

*Please note light refreshments will be provided*

RSVP: Please click on the link.

In solidarity

Sarah Georgetti

Staff Representative

pc Andrea Duncan, Vice President, Community Social Services component 3

Tamara Peterson, L304 Chair

Please join us in celebrating the retirement of Staff Representative, Henny Hanegraaf. After 23 long years fighting for the rights of the membership, she retired in late February 2017. Now that she is back from some well-deserved vacation time, we want to give members an opportunity to say goodbye and let her know her efforts haven't gone unnoticed. 

This will be a POTLUCK event at the Legion in Castlegar on Saturday, July 8, 2017.

We ask that you RSVP below and include the dish or item you wish to bring under the "dietary restrictions/allergies" space provided.

Please feel free to bring your partners and/or friends to this event. Attendees must be 19 years of age or older.

An incident happens at your work place and you suddenly get a call to participate in an investigation. What do you do? What is the purpose of an investigation? What is required? This course will answer all these questions and provide you with the opportunity to improve you're investigative skills.

In this course you will learn:

•The legislative requirements for conducting accident/incident investigations

•How to get to the contributing factors by conducting effective witness interviews and examining physical evidence

•How to assess the evidence in order to recommend effective corrective measures

8 hours of annual OH&S committee education, to be paid by the employer, is legally required under the Workers Compensation Act (Division 4, Section 135) and collective agreements.

The Cariboo Cross Component Committee invites you and your family to attend our annual Activist Appreciation Event. This years event will be held at SKYFEST in Quesnel, BC. The purpose of this event is for the BCGEU to acknowledge the time and effort it takes to be an active member for your Union!

For further information & Start times for this event please visit

http://www.quesnelskyfest.ca/

Sunday, August 20, 2017 RAIN OR SHINE!

TIME: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Grandview Room

Trout Lake Community Centre – Located in John Hendry Park off Victoria Drive

Check in at the Grandview Room

3360 Victoria Drive, Vancouver BC V5N 4M4

Join us for food and games at Transfer Beach, Ladysmith for this popular annual picnic for Union members and families.

This picnic is open to your family and the entire community so there is no sign up necessary. 

If you have any questions contact Joanna Lord (702) at Jo.M.Lord@gmail.com

The Annual Banquet and "thank you" to Stewards and OH&S Representatives for all the work that they do for our Union - an evening at the Coast Bastion Hotel beginning at 6pm and finishing at midnight (or later) in the Ballroom.

No RSVP's at this time.

Invitations will be sent out closer to the date.