Community social services

Members with incomplete contact information may receive a phone call from Stratcom between Wednesday, March 5 and Saturday, March 8, 2025. Your union is always looking to better reach and engage you, HSA members, to provide up-to-date information that may impact you and your colleagues. One of the most important issues for union members to stay informed about is bargaining...

Unfortunately, we’ve become aware that email scammers are targeting HSA members, activists, and staff with malicious email messages that impersonate our senior leadership. The members and staff who received these messages became suspicious as, upon a closer look, the messages came from an email address that is not associated with HSA. Please be assured that HSA takes online and data...

The following bulletin contains important information for HSA members covered by the Community Social Services collective agreement paraprofessional wage schedule. Many members in supervisory roles and in classifications comparable to the Health Science Professional collective agreement’s Disciplines Allied to Social Work (i.e. counselling professions) are likely affected by these changes. The 2023 and 2024 wage schedules for paraprofessional occupations have...

Delegates representing HSA members covered by the Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA), Community Bargaining Association (CBA) and Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSS) collective agreements gathered in Vancouver October 29-30 to determine top priorities for the negotiation of contracts in 2025, and elect representatives to serve on their respective negotiating committees. Nicole McIntosh was elected to serve on the negotiating committee...

Nominations for elections on your bargaining committee are now being accepted. With contracts expiring in the spring, HSA members are getting ready for the next round of bargaining, starting with a bargaining proposal conference for all members covered by the Community Bargaining Association (CBA), the Nurses Bargaining Association (NBA), and the Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSS) collective agreements. Delegates...

CSSEA and the Community Social Services Bargaining Association of Unions (CSSBA) are pleased to announce that the Community Social Services Labour Adjustment and Education Fund (LAEF) is now accepting applications for education and training funding. Details on the fund, eligibility criteria and application forms can be found on the LAEF website: https://laef-bcgeu.nationbuilder.com/ What is the LAEF? The Community Social Services...

HSA is pleased to offer another opportunity to attend this two-day workshop! DATES: November 5-6, 2024 TIME: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (PST) LOCATION: Virtual – via Zoom This two-day virtual workshop will help HSA members develop the skills, compassion, and abilities required to recognize and change colonial systems and practices in their personal and professional lives. These are the...

The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) has been pressuring government to address pay inequity in the supportive housing sector – and today we’re pleased to announce a series of significant pay increases for certain Grid 11 supportive housing workers in the Community Social Services (CSS) agreement! Over the last year, the CSSBA has led a campaign for pay equity...

In response to this morning’s health care policy announcement by the BC Conservative Party, the following statement is being issued by Kane Tse, President of the Health Sciences Association of BC. HSA is the union representing more than 22,000 specialized professionals working in BC’s health care and community social services system. Statement from Kane Tse, President The Health Sciences Association...

In response to health care policy announcements released today by the BC United Party and the BC Conservative Party, the following statement is being issued by Kane Tse, President of the Health Sciences Association of BC. Health Sciences Association of BC is the union representing more than 22,000 specialized professionals working in BC’s health care and community social services system...