More than 15-thousand health workers across BC have a new contract with the provincial government. The two year deal includes more money totalling three per cent for employees represented by the Community Bargaining Association. They include home-support workers, alcohol and drug counsellors, as well as staff at mental-health group homes. The … [Read more...]
LifeLabs contract dispute update
January 25, 2013 by
The B-C Government and Service Employees Union has announced mediated contract talks with LifeLabs will resume Sunday at the Labour Relations Board. 700 unionized employees began rotating strikes last Monday. The union says job action will continue this weekend at labs in Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Richmond, Surrey, and Victoria. CKNW … [Read more...]
Surrey awards furnishing contract
November 16, 2012 by
Surrey City Council has awarded a 4-million dollar contract to Heritage Office Furnishings to furnish the new six-storey city hall. Councillor Barinder Rasode says the price is reasonable considering what they are getting. "It's not only like furniture but it's all the fixtures in the new City Hall including shelves, … [Read more...]
BC Transit workers head to Labour Board over contract work
November 10, 2012 by
The union representing BC Transit employees in Greater Victoria is heading to the Labour Relations Board on Tuesday in an attempt to stop BC Transit from contracting out of bus maintenance work. Employees are in the middle of a ban on overtime in their labour dispute with the transit authority. "We do believe that they're in violation of the labour … [Read more...]
Still seeking info on latest RCMP contract
November 7, 2012 by
The Municipal Observer to the RCMP contract talks says Mayors are still waiting for finite details as far what the last Federal Budget means for RCMP policing costs. Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender told an RCMP Contract Management Committee meeting in Ottawa this week, Mayors need the policing costs information. Fassbender says there … [Read more...]
City inside workers ratify new contract
November 7, 2012 by
Support workers with the City of Vancouver now have a new four year contract. Members of CUPE local 15 have ratified the agreement which is retroactive to January 1st. By the time the deal expires in December of 2015, the 37-hundred clerical, technical and administrative staff will be paid almost seven per cent more than they are now. CKNW … [Read more...]
Contract talks resume for striking CUPE support workers at SFU
November 7, 2012 by
Contract talks involving striking support workers at Simon Fraser University resume today. 1000 members of CUPE Local 3338 are in the middle of a 24-hour walk-out forcing the cancellation of numerous classes at all three campuses in Metro Vancouver, but SFU's Don MacLachlan says there's still hope a settlement can be reached. "The good news is that … [Read more...]
More info on new BCNU contract
October 2, 2012 by
They're getting more money, but they have to work more hours to get it. Some details of a new two-year deal reached last week between the Provincial Government and BC Nurses Union have now been disclosed. More than 30-thousand members of the union are set to vote on the new contract October 18th. It contains pay raises amounting to … [Read more...]
Civic politicians will be updated on new RCMP contract management committee
September 26, 2012 by
Civic politicians will get an update Thursday on the work of the new provincial contract management committee dealing with local government concerns over the new RCMP deal. Politicians at the Union of BC Municipalities convention will hear from RCMP Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens and Langley city Mayor Peter … [Read more...]
Provincial fire crews contract extended thanks to dry weather
September 23, 2012 by
It may be fall, but higher than normal temperatures mean the fire danger rating remains high for much of the province. Provincial Fire Information Officer Michaela Swan says even though it's not unheard of to have a fire season extend this late into the year, the province isn't taking any chances. "We actually have extra air tankers online, as well … [Read more...]
