NBA Ratification Hub

While negotiations formally began last fall, the work got underway a year before that. In October 2024, delegates to the bargaining proposal conference gathered to discuss and prioritize member submissions on bargaining priorities. Your union and your negotiations team were provided clear direction that benefits were a top concern, along with respect, safety and fair pay.  
 
The employer initially rejected the majority of our proposals. We declared impasse in April, walked away from the table, and called on nurses to pull together in a show of unprecedented solidarity. Over 50,000 nurses across all four unions voted 98% in favour of taking job action to strengthen the hand of the negotiations team. 
 
With those results in hand, your negotiations team returned to the table, where the employer showed an immediate willingness to engage in serious talks. Thanks to you, and all of your nursing colleagues in HSA and across the other unions, your negotiators made rapid progress on the tentative agreement we now put before you. It’s an agreement that makes significant gains at a time of fiscal challenges, builds on the progress made in previous rounds, and sets the foundation for wins in the next ones. 
 
This agreement represents the overwhelming solidarity between workers across four unions and your Board of Directors recommends that you vote YES in favour of the tentative collective agreement.  
Comprehensive Report

The Comprehensive Report contains the full Terms of Settlement — the proposed changes to the Collective Agreement — along with explanatory text. You can view (and download) the Comprehensive Report here

Highlights

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

Frequently Asked Questions

We have an extensive set of FAQs that you can access here. If you have a question that isn't answered in the FAQ, please ask it via email to info [at] hsabc.org.

Voting Information

Voting on the tentative agreement is open to all members covered by the Nurses Bargaining Association (NBA), and will be held online. Voting will open June 15 and close June 19. The opening and closing times will be provided shortly.
 
You will need a voting credential to cast your vote; these will be sent to your personal email on file with HSA when voting opens on June 15. 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. 

Information Meetings

Members will have the option to take part in virtual or telephone town halls to hear reports from union leadership and ask questions about the tentative agreement.

Our first telephone town hall will take place May 28 at 12 noon Pacific. Details on dates for telephone and virtual telephone town halls in June will be shared with members shortly. 

To participate in the telephone town halls, simply wait for your phone to ring at the scheduled meeting time and pick up. Allow 10 minutes for all the calls to be placed; the meeting won’t start until the full dial-out is complete. If you have recently changed your phone number, please update your contact information so that we dial the correct number.

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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