Contract negotiations

Current job action remains in place Mediation begins this afternoon in the province-wide job action by nurses. The Nurses’ Bargaining Association has announced they will pause further escalation of picket lines as a demonstration of commitment to the process, which is led by veteran mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers. While further escalation is paused, current job action remains in...

BC Minister of Labour Jennifer Whiteside this afternoon appointed veteran mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers to lead a non-binding mediation in the NBA job action. No dates have yet been set for the commencement of this mediation, and for the time being, job action will continue. That means the overtime ban and work to rule actions by nurses will...

Your NBA bargaining committee members met with the employer at BCNU’s Burnaby office to attempt to negotiate a fair agreement based on the priorities members identified in the post-ratification vote survey. The committee made it clear: nurses deserve more, but the government is refusing to budge. As a result, the bargaining committee has declared an impasse for a second time...

The Nurses' Bargaining Association will be withdrawing services at RJH and the South Island Surgical Centre starting at 05:30 am on Tuesday, July 14. HSA will be providing further information for members at your worksite shortly. Members are reminded that you must not cross picket lines. You have the right to refuse to cross a legal picket line without fear...

The Nurses' Bargaining Association will be withdrawing services at NRGH starting at 05:30 am on Monday, July 13. HSA will be providing further information for members at your worksite shortly. Members are reminded that you must not cross picket lines. You have the right to refuse to cross a legal picket line without fear of discipline. This right is stated...

The Nurses' Bargaining Association will be withdrawing services at Victoria General Hospital starting at 05:30 am on Sunday, July 12. HSA will be providing further information for members at your worksite shortly. Members are reminded that you must not cross picket lines. You have the right to refuse to cross a legal picket line without fear of discipline. This right...

The Nurses' Bargaining Association will be withdrawing services at Surrey Memorial Hospital and Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre starting at 05:30 am on Thursday, July 9. HSA will be providing further information for members at these worksites shortly. Members are reminded that you must not cross picket lines. You have the right to refuse to cross a legal...

HSA has joined forces with the BC Nurses’ Union, Hospital Employees’ Union, and other health care unions in BC to push back on significant workload issues being created by management assigning extra duties during job action. “Planning for safe patient care is a management responsibility. It cannot be accomplished by simply downloading excessive workloads from one group of exhausted workers...

Nurses across BC, including 1000 RPNs and RNs represented by HSA, began limited job action Thursday in support of ongoing contract negotiations. Many non-nursing health science professional members are now facing significant challenges in the workplace, and asking a lot of really important questions, especially regarding extra duties. Nurses are engaged in “work to rule” and that means they are...

The Nurses Bargaining Association will be escalating to the next stage of job action by withdrawing services at Vancouver General Hospital starting at 05:30 am on Tuesday, July 7. The move comes after one day of a province-wide non-nursing ban and restriction on overtime. That job action has already forced the employer back to the bargaining table – the NBA...