CBA 2025-2029 Ratification Hub

Prior to bargaining, your union heard directly from CBA members on their priorities for their next contract. At the bargaining proposals conference, members just like you provided clear direction that wages, wage-parity with the Facilities Bargaining Association and improvements in a number of key areas such as portability, premiums, coverage of required fees, and more were paramount for your bargaining team to address with the employer.

While your bargaining committee made significant progress on a number of non-monetary and administrative proposals in the summer of 2025, negotiations reached an impasse in October due to a lack of progress on wages and a number of acute bargaining priorities. Your bargaining committee turned to you to ask you to demonstrate your support for their work through a strike vote, and you responded with a historic 92.3% yes vote. This mandate sent a clear message to the employer on the need to secure a respectful and fair deal for all CBA members. With the strike vote in hand, your bargaining committee pushed the government to provide full wage comparability with the FBA and address the outstanding issues.

This agreement represents the overwhelming solidarity between workers across seven unions and your Board of Directors recommends that you vote YES in favour of the tentative collective agreement.

Comprehensive Report

This report outlines in detail the features of the collective agreement achieved by your negotiating team, and includes the specific contract language signed off by the union and employer.

Please click here to access the comprehensive report (this is a large document, so you may prefer to access it on a computer and not your smartphone).

Highlights

This one-page document lists the highlights of the proposed agreement.

Wage Calculator

In addition to the general wage increases, a number of positions received targeted low-wage redress increases. Visit BCGEU's wage calculator for details.

Voting Information

Voting on the tentative agreement is open to all members covered by the Community Bargaining Association, and will be held online. Voting will open at 12 noon Pacific on Friday, March 13 and close Friday, March 20 at 12 noon Pacific.
 
You will need a voting credential to cast your vote; these will be sent to your personal email on file with HSA. Voting credentials will be sent when voting opens on March 13. If you do not receive your voting credential at that time, contact us for assistance.

Click here to make sure HSA has your personal email. 

Town Halls

Members are invited to attend one of four virtual town hall meetings to hear from negotiations staff and bargaining committee members as they present the contract in detail and answer any questions you may have.

To join the town halls, all you have to do is answer the phone when we call. Of, if you'd prefer, you can call in using the details in your email inbox.

The town halls will take place on:

  • Tuesday, March 10 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm (Pacific time)
  • Wednesday, March 11 at 6:00 pm (Pacific time)
  • Thursday, March 12 at 6:00 pm (Pacific time)
Contact Information

Did you get a phone call or postcard from HSA? We're contacting members to make sure we have your current personal email address to ensure you receive all the information about the tentative agreement. You can confirm or update your contact information with our online tool.

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