bargaining today

• 202 employers will be involved in these early contract discussions:
  • 4 at the Aboriginal Services (AS) table,
  • 103 employers at the Community Living Services (CLS) table, and
  • 95 at the General Services (GS) table.
  
  
• For 199 employers, this will be a renewal of a collective agreement and for 3 employers, it will be a first collective agreement.
• The number of unionized full-time equivalent (FTE) employees represented at each table are:
  
  

  Table	FTEs
  AS	134
  CLS	4,814
  GS	2,565
  Total	7,513

  
  
• The union representation breakdown by member and certification within the association of unions is:
  
  

  Union	No. of Members*	No. of certifications*
  BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU)	123	129
  BC Nurses' Union (BCNU)	4	4
  Canadian Autoworkers (CAW)	2	2
  Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)	37	40
  Construction and Specialized Workers' Union (CSWU)	1	1
  Health Employees' Union (HEU)	22	23
  Health Sciences Association (HSA)	17	17
  International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)	1	1
  Service, Health and Allied Workers' Union (SHAWU)	3	3
  United Food and Commercial Workers' Union (UFCW)	3	3
  United Steelworkers of America (USA)	2	2
  Totals: 11 unions	215	225

  
  *The number of members and certifications is greater than the number of employers due to the fact that some agencies have multiple certifications or poly-party certifications.
  
  
• The geographical breakdown of agencies is as follows:
  
  

  Region	AS	CLS	GS	Totals
  Kootenays	0	9	10	19
  Lower Mainland	2	30	39	71
  The North	0	10	14	24
  Thompson/ Okanagan	1	20	11	32
  Vancouver Island	1	34	21	56
  Totals	4	103	95	202

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