Interesting Facts
BCNU represents this many Registered Nurses (RNs), Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPNs), Licensed Graduate Nurses (LGNs), employed student nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and allied healthcare workers across 16 Regions in BC.
What is 47 thousand
BCNU is proud to lead the way for our over 47,000 members and for a better health care system for all.
You may be concerned about the lack of lifting devices or may be experiencing symptoms of chemical exposure. Or perhaps your facility may not effectively deal with violent patients. If you feel your workplace is a threat to your health or safety, you should contact your steward, if there is none SIR has an OH&S representative-this is she...
Who is Pat Crown
Many BCNU members have been successful in using this process to improve professional practice conditions – increasing staffing, securing needed equipment and improving the work environment in other ways.
What is the PRP process
This process provides defined steps for advocating for change.
They’ll help you defend your contract rights, meet your professional standards and improve your working conditions.
What is BCNU stewards
These are deducted from your pay cheque in the same way as deductions are made for income tax, pension contributions, EI premiums, and sent to the union by your employer and are tax deductible.
What is BCNU dues
Dues are the union’s main source of funding. Without dues the union could not function. The dues formula is set by your fellow members in a vote at Convention. BCNU dues are currently set at two per cent of gross straight-time earnings.
Stewards and officers of the union are elected officials. How often are elections held?
What is every 3 years
BCNU’s OH&S Department works to help BCNU members prevent occupational injury and disease. The department also helps ensure that if you do get injured or sick, you receive fair benefits such as sick leave, workers’ compensation and long term disability (LTD). This is their email
What is healthandsafety@bcnu.org
This is the first step in the PR process and is necessary to begin resolution of your concerns
What is the conversation with the manager
You may have this conversation via email or in person and you may have a steward accompany you if preffered
This is the result the result of hard work and long hours by members like yourself to set priorities and organize support for your BCNU bargaining team. It is negotiated with your employer and sets out your wage rates, your benefits, your hours of work, your vacation and all the rules governing your rights in the workplace including seniority, promotion and discipline.
What is a Collective agreement
It also sets out your employer’s rights in managing the workforce.
BCNU members take home some of the best healthcare pay and benefits packages in the country.
This program is designed to support members suffering from an occupational or non-occupational illness or injury. Participants will have a holistic case management plan that may include medical intervention, transitional work, a graduated return to work, workplace modifications and vocational rehabilitation or training.
What is Enhanced Disability Management Program (EDMP)
Event open to all members, dates Sept 12-13-non salary reimbursed
Stewards may use logged hours and others may use vacation.
What is 2018 Practice conference
Access SIR activity calander for all upcoming events
Along with any accidents, injuries or near misses, Bill 14 has necessitated health authorities to provide a venue for members to report adverse events-this is one venue where members can report concerns regarding respectful workplace
Workplace call center
SIR now has PR Committees established in LTC and mental health along with the 2 large sites. If you require assistance you should contact this executive member
Who is Daphne Wass- SIR PRP advocate
This process begins by meeting with your steward and deciding whether to proceed. Then you and your steward will meet with an employer representative. Most of these filed each year are settled early in the process.
What is the Grievance process
Process can involve differences over wage rates, vacation leave, work schedules, performance appraisals or disciplinary measures.
Officially founded on June 11, 1981, after the Labour Relations Division of the Registered Nurses’ Association of BC left the RNABC (now known as the CRNBC).
What is The BC Nurses’ Union
BCNU is committed to fostering a supportive and welcoming environment to encourage all members to participate in activities at all levels of the union. To accomplish this goal we support BCNU’s four diversity caucuses. These are the 4 diversity caucuses.
What is
Indigenous Leadership circle
Mosaic of colour
Workers with disability's
LGBTQ
2 others-YNN and MIN
What is PTSD Presumptive Legislation
This fund provides assistance to BCNU members in financial need. A one-time donation of up to $1,000 is available per member.
What is Evelyn Hood Benevolent Fund
Contact your regional chair for the criteria and process for applying.
Safe staffing language (appendix OO, PP, QQ) for the NBA was secured last contract negotiations- which members does that language cover now in 2018?
What is Safe staffing language is now extended to LPN's working in acute and long term care, and all nurses working in Community
Your Council is the top governing body of BCNU between conventions. Your Council consists of the five members of the Executive Committee plus your regional chairs.
This number represents the total number on Council
What is 25 Council members
Margo Wilton and Lynnda Smith are SIR chairs
BCNU and the HEABC has recently collaborated and come to agreement on the negotiated terms of the last collective agreement. A new paper copy of the collective agreement including contract interpretation is coming-this is when it will be coming out to us...
What is Two weeks... lol
It is critical to report all accidents and all injuries promptly to your employer, no matter how minor or symptom-free they may seem. Frequently, claims for workers’ compensation benefits are denied as a result of delayed and improper reporting of workplace injuries. BCNU can assist-this is who to contact
What is OH&S department at BCNU
If you are faced with a complaint about your professional conduct, BCNU may help you cover the cost of some of your legal fees and assist you in dealings with your professional association. This service is available to all members, but certain restrictions do apply.
What is LEAP
2,125 new positions were negotiated in the 2012-2014 agreement. How many new positions were recently negotiated to be in effect by Dec 2019?
Members elect delegates from each region to attend this annual event. This is where the unions policies are established and where changes to your constitution through resolutions and by-law amendments are made.
What is BCNU annual Convention
SIR did an amazing job of hosting in 2018!