On behalf of the Local 703 Executive, you are invited to attend your next union local meeting on Wednesday – May 17, 2023, starting at 6pm at the Lower Mainland Area Office. Your Local Executive is inviting all of the 703 Stewards to attend this meeting to discuss agenda items that are related to you and your role as a Steward at your worksite.

 You are welcome to attend this meeting in person or via zoom online.

 *Please only RSVP below if you plan to attend in-person*

 AGENDA

· Calls to Action

· Hybrid Meeting Protocol

· Chair Assembly

· Member to Member meetings

· Lead Stewards

· Steward Training and enhanced Steward training

· Succession Planning

· Grievances

· Communication with the Union

· Occupational Health and Safety

If you wish to attend in person, the address is: BCGEU Lower Mainland Area Office, Suite 130 – 2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver, V5M 0C4.

The office is kitty-corner from Renfrew Skytrain Station in the Broadway Tech complex. If you are travelling by car, please park on the street as the underground parkade is locked in the evenings. When you reach the office, please proceed to ground level (two floors up from street level) and down the hall to the BCGEU meeting rooms and press the intercom to be let in.

BCGEU COVID PROTOCOLS:

1. Mask use is now optional in our buildings, including in common areas and meeting rooms.

2. Staff and visitors to BCGEU buildings may, of course, continue to use masks and other layers of protection based on their own comfort and risk factors. We ask that we respect others and wear masks if requested in groups.

Please be reminded that no one should attend BCGEU buildings if they have active cold or flu-like symptoms.

If you have any questions, please contact Staff Representative, Katie Smith.

In solidarity,

Katie Smith, Staff Representative

Darryl Wong, Chairperson, Local 703

On behalf of the Local 703 Executive, we look forward to seeing you in person!