Bulletins
BCUWU Resolutions on Palestine
TRADE UNION SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE WHEREAS Canada exported over $21 million CAD in military goods to Israel in 2022,including over $3 million in bombs, torpedoes, missiles, and other explosives;AND WHEREAS more than 10,000 (update total at AGM) Palestinian...
BCUWU calls for pension fund to divest from companies complicit in genocide and human rights abuses in PALESTINE
Regarding the Companies Benefitting from Operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories The British Columbia Union Workers Union (BCUWU) calls on the British Columbia Investment Corporation (BCI) – which manages the pension funds of its membership as well as...
Updates to the Bylaws
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Brett Harper, President
BRETT HARPER (he/him), PRESIDENT Brett Harper is the President of the B.C. Union Workers Union (BCUWU) that represents over 300 employees of unions in the province of British Columbia. He has served on the BCUWU Executive Committee for the past four years and has...
Job Posting for BCUWU Labour Relations Officer
Applications closing date: December 8, 2024 The B.C. Union Workers Union requires a labour relations officer for a twelve-month temporary 0.5 FTE posting. The term may be extended. The work would be primarily remote and subject to the successful candidate’s schedule...
PAST UWU Future Conference 2.0 2021 reflection
The UWU Executive Board has reflected upon the results of the referendum last year affirming our status as an independent union in terms of our governance and structure. When we first embarked upon the ‘Future Conference’ we were unsure of whether it would be...
AGM December 2020
Oct. 14th, 2020 Dear BCUWU Members, This is advanced notice to mark your calendar for the UWU Annual General Meeting. BCUWU AGM - SAVE THE DATE December 8, 20206:00 pmVia Zoom An agenda will be served with appropriate notice and will include any proposed changes...
Referendum Result Oct. 2020
October 1, 2020 The referendum on our union's status has ended and we can report that 74% of members who participated in the vote supported the recommendation of the 'Future Conference' delegates to remain independent. The Executive Board will be meeting in the coming...
TO: BCGEU MEMBERS
Joint UWU and MoveUP Equity Committee Survey Recent events have brought the issue of racism, especially anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, to the forefront of much of our work and highlighted the need to accelerate progress on making these...
TO: BCUWU MEMBERS
Referendum Results October 1, 2020The referendum on our union's status has ended and we can report that 74% of members who participated in the vote supported the recommendation of the 'Future Conference' delegates to remain independent.The Executive Board will be...