News & Updates

The devastating impacts of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy continue to be felt across our membership and throughout the province. HSA mourns alongside the families affected and the entire Tumbler Ridge community. While HSA immediately reached out to members working in Tumbler Ridge to offer support, we recognize that impacts have been felt far more widely across our membership. We heard...

On April 26, 2025, a vehicle tore through East 43 rd Avenue and Fraser Street in Vancouver, killing 11 people and leaving 32 others injured. It was a senseless act of violence against a community gathered in celebration of Lapu-Lapu Day — honouring one of the Philippines’ first anti-colonial heroes — leaving wounds that have not yet healed. Today, on...

Watch for our upcoming email! We are pleased to announce that applications for the 2025-2026 $400k HSPBA Professional Development Fund will be opening soon. This initiative supports HSA members covered by the Health Science Professionals (HSPBA) collective agreement who are pursuing professional development activities. Funding is available for eligible expenses incurred between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026. This...

After 75 days of negotiations and 91 direct meetings, your bargaining committee is proud to announce we reached a tentative agreement with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA) on Thursday, April 23 rd. This tentative agreement represents the hard work and solidarity between workers across nine unions, which strengthened our hand at the table. We made progress on the...

As part of ongoing work to review the health care system in BC, the provincial government announced plans in December to consolidate administrative and corporate services across health authorities by establishing a new agency called BC Shared Health Services (BCSHS). On April 1, BCSHS was formally established and is now part of the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC). More...

Following a frustrating day where the employer turned down nearly all the NBA’s proposals, the NBA bargaining committee has declared that negotiations are at an impasse, and has endorsed a strike vote. HSA, as a constituent union to the NBA, will be taking this issue to your union’s Board of Directors shortly and more information will be shared in the...

A record-setting almost 600 delegates have concluded a busy three days of convention business at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver this evening. At this year’s convention, delegates for the first time committed to spending 75% of convention time focussed on debating the over 300 resolutions submitted by chapters around the province. Delegates voted in favour of policies across a...

The new 2025-2029 HSPBA collective agreement came into effect April 1, and members can expect to see their pay rate going up to reflect the negotiated pay increase of 3% per year retroactive to 2025. Your employer is responsible for making sure this happens effective the first pay period after April 1, but some of them may not succeed in...

When the new profile-based classification system was implemented at the end of 2024, the employers designated many jobs as “anomalous/unique”. For members working in these jobs, this meant that their classification and rate of pay needed to be determined through discussion between the union and the employers’ association. Now that collective agreement bargaining has concluded, your union is moving forward...

The “P2A process” is shorthand for the provisions in the new profile-based classification system that allow your union to advocate to add new types of work to the P2A Special Procedures profile, recognizing and compensating the specialized work of many union members who have jobs that are currently matched with the P1 profile. To date, your union has received and...