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Childhood Connections Emergency Meeting

July 16, 2024 at 5:00pm - July 16, 2024 at 7:00pm
Okanagan Area Office
1064 Borden Ave Kelowna, BC V1Y 6A8 Canada
Okanagan Area Office ·

All BCGEU members of Childhood Connections (Okanagan) are urged to attend this important informational meeting tomorrow (July 16, 2024) at 5:00 PM to discuss the pending decertification vote.

 

If you vote to leave the BCGEU, your collective agreement, including all the protections, job security, wages, and benefits, will no longer apply.

 

Without your union, your employer can make any changes they want, including to wages and benefits, if they meet the minimums of the Employment Standards Act.

 

Without your union, you would have to represent yourself in dealing with issues at work or hire your own labour lawyer, which can be very costly. You also lose just cause protections and progressive discipline without a union, which means your employer is not obligated to provide you with a reason if they decide to let you go. Everything depends on the good nature of your employer.

 

With the union, you have rights. With the union, you have the ability to negotiate the terms of your employment with leverage from the union, including wages, benefits, and other rights.

 

If you decertify, all your employee rights will be at risk. If you believe that decertification is the way forward, we want you to cast your vote informed of all the risks that come with decertification. If the union is decertified:

 

a. You will be left vulnerable to management's interests. Without a union there is no one standing behind you, looking out for your interests.

b. The protections and guarantees you currently have related to benefits, wages, and pensions will stand to disappear.

c. Your job security will be at risk. Non-unionized workers do not have guaranteed continued employment. In practical terms, this will mean that management will be able to fire you at any time for any reason.

 

There is an option to attend this Union meeting by Zoom or in person (in Kelowna).

Join Zoom Meeting

https://bcgeu.zoom.us/j/82368133778?pwd=HAZg6W6CBRdbgKOauCQTmHqlLiHtWB.1

 

Meeting ID: 823 6813 3778

Passcode: 523290

Will you come?