March 12, 2012 |
Chronic underfunding to B.C.'s community social service sector over the past decade has resulted in cuts to vital programs and services and growing waitlists. Send a message to Premier Christy Clark.
B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union
The BCGEU is one of the most diverse unions in British Columbia. We represent approximately 65,000 men and women in more than 550 bargaining units. Half of the BCGEU membership work in the direct government service. They include the women and men who protect children, provide financial assistance to the poor, protect the environment and manage our natural resources, care for the mentally ill in institutions, staff provincial correctional facilities, fight forest fires, and provide the government's technical and clerical services.
December 5, 2011 |
We still, all too frequently, hear of yet another woman beaten, sometimes to death, by a partner or relative. Women are still unsafe in their homes, communities and workplaces. We deserve better.
July 20, 2011 |
Reaching the ripe old age of 100 is normally something to celebrate. But in its centenary year, it feels to me like the BC liberals blew out the candles on BC Parks ages ago.
May 3, 2011 |
Communities across the country are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Canadian Mental Health Association's annual Mental Health Week.
January 13, 2011 |
An agreement has been reached where the National Union of Public and General Employees, of which the BCGEU is a member, will continue to participate in the Canadian Labour Congress.
October 18, 2010 |
Children in many parts of B.C. are struggling with issues of poverty, hunger and the lack of education, according to a new report.
August 12, 2010 |
In what is becoming one of the biggest forest fire seasons in recent memory, B.C.’s professional forest service steps forward once again to protect public safety and property.
April 13, 2010 |
The Build a Better B.C. Rally, sponsored by the Build a Better B.C. Coalition, attracted more than one thousand participants to the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday.
February 3, 2010 |
A coalition of women's and human rights organizations says the B.C. government is ignoring the plight of the province's most vulnerable women.
November 9, 2009 |
Tens of millions earmarked for legal aid services disappear into B.C. general revenue.