Hello Local 103 Members!

You are invited to the next Local 103 General Meeting on Wednesday August 21st which will be focused on developing proposals for the next round of bargaining and amending the Local 103 Bylaws. 

Your contract expires on March 31, 2025, so the next round of Public Service bargaining will take place next year. The BCGEU is beginning preparations for bargaining well in advance, including by developing bargaining proposals in autumn 2024. 

This local meeting is your opportunity to have your say on priorities for bargaining Corrections and Sheriff Services (Component 1) members working in the Lower Mainland. The meeting will include a presentation about writing bargaining proposals and an outline of the bargaining process. 

Meeting participants can develop bargaining proposals using the form provided, which is mandatory. The full meeting agenda can be found below. 

This will be a hybrid meeting occurring both in person and online, with zoom meeting details available upon registration. The Zoom meeting will be opened shortly before 6pm.

Whether you are attending in person or virtually, please RSVP by August 21st at 4pm. In the notes section, please indicate whether you are attending virtually or in person. 

Agenda

1. Call to Order

2. First Nations Land Acknowledgement

3. Approval of the agenda

4. Approval of minutes of previous meeting

5. Local 103 bargaining proposals 

a. Presentation - How to write bargaining proposals

b. Summary and timelines of the bargaining proposal process

c. Development of bargaining proposals – using FA-792 Bargaining Proposal Form, attached

6. Reports 

a. Convention & delegates

b. Component executive

c. Stewards

7. New business

a. Steward elections – September – October 2024

8. Good & Welfare 

9. Next Local 103 Meeting 

10. Adjournment 

Zoom meeting information 

(Meeting link will be provided upon registration.)

In Person Attendance – Office and Parking Information

If you plan to attend the meeting in person, the BCGEU office is across the street from Renfrew Skytrain Station in the Broadway Tech Complex (#130 – 2920 Virtual Way). If you are travelling by car, please park on the street as the underground parkade is locked in the evenings. When you arrive at the office, please proceed to ground level (two floors up from street level) and down the hall to the BCGEU meeting rooms. You can then press the intercom to be let in. 

Please note, mask use is now optional in our buildings, including in common areas and meeting rooms. Please be reminded that no one should attend BCGEU buildings if they have active cold or flu-like symptoms. 

We look forward to seeing you on August 21st. 

In solidarity, 

Edmund Quan, Local 103 Chairperson

Oliver Rohlfs, Staff Representative