Contract negotiations

The Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA) bargaining committee opened negotiations with health employers in Victoria October 21-22 with a grim warning: failure to invest in retention and recruitment to meet negotiated minimum nurse-to-patient ratios strategies will put patients’ lives at risk. NBA negotiators, including HSA RPN Nicole McIntosh, elected member representative on the committee, and Colette Barker, HSA staff lead on...

Your Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) committee continues to work hard at the table to deliver renewed collective agreements that reflect your priorities. After 29 days of bargaining with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA), we've reached agreement on several key non-monetary improvements. These include: Improved language on employer-led investigations and disciplinary meetings Stronger provisions around health and...

The countdown is on – the NBA provincial bargaining committee will sit down with employer reps to officially begin negotiations on October 21 in Victoria. After months of member engagement through worksite visits and member emails, the committee enters this round with a clear mandate from nurses across BC. The five key priorities that will anchor the NBA’s position at...

Shortly after 3:00 PST this afternoon your CBA Bargaining Committee declared that negotiations had reached an impasse with Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) and the provincial government. After almost 20 days at the bargaining table, we have been unable to address the most acute bargaining priorities identified by members. Specifically: The retroactive removal of the Investment Return Guarantee Adjustment...

After a pause in negotiations, your CBA bargaining committee met with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) on September 24, 25, and 26, 2025. Since March, your bargaining committee, along with delegates from six other constituent unions, has spent 19 days bargaining with the employer. Despite having exchanged full non-monetary proposals, progress had been limited to minor administrative updates...

Your HSPBA bargaining committee will be resuming negotiations with the employer this week after focused small group discussions on priority areas, including classifications, occupational health and safety, and Indigenous-specific Anti-Racism. At the close of the last round of discussions with the employer in early summer, the committee had tabled over 100 proposals addressing the leading issues identified by HSA members...

After a pause in negotiations, the CBA bargaining committee will return to the table with the employer for three days next week starting September 22. Two more days are scheduled for the week of September 29, with further talks planned for the weeks of October 13 and 20. Since March, your representative on the bargaining committee — alongside delegates from...

It’s been a while since we’ve talked, but we want you to know that your bargaining committee is back at the negotiations table with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA) and continuing to make progress on non-monetary proposals. Our goal remains the same: to raise pressing workplace concerns with the employers and win real solutions to problems that have...

BCGEU and PEA members are expected to begin picketing specific locations as early as Tuesday. HSA stands in solidarity with these actions, and all members should respect picket lines and not cross them. More information on the location of picketed sites is coming, but in the meantime, if you encounter a picket line, do not cross and contact your steward...

Small group discussions focus on key issues Your HSPBA bargaining committee is continuing work over the summer through in-depth small-group discussions on priority areas including classifications and occupational health and safety, as well as on Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism (ISAR). At the close of the last round of discussions with the employer in late June, the committee had tabled over 100...