News & Updates
HSA Virtual Social Justice Day Workshop - February 17, 2022 - Register Online
December 14, 2021
HSA Virtual Social Justice Day Workshop
HSA is pleased to offer an opportunity to attend this one-day workshop!
DATE: Thursday, February 17, 2022 TIME: 9 am – 4:30pm LOCATION: Virtually, via WebEx. Details to follow
Nominations now open for HSA Regional Director elections; February 10 deadline
December 13, 2021
Nominations now open for HSA Regional Director elections; February 10 deadline
Nominations are now open for Regional Director elections in HSA Regions 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. This is an excellent opportunity for members to seek to serve on the HSA Board of Directors, contribute to the leadership of the union, and to represent the interests of other members.
To be eligible, a nominee must have been a member of HSA for at least one year immediately prior to election, and be nominated in writing by two members in the region they are seeking to represent.
BIPOC members invited to series of caucus meetings in new year
December 10, 2021
HSA invites all BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) members to participate in the upcoming series of BIPOC Caucus meetings to discuss the role of affinity/caucus spaces in organizations to address systemic racism. For more information on Caucus/affinity spaces please read here and here and
Decolonization Two Day Workshop - Virtual
December 2, 2021
HSA is pleased to offer another opportunity to attend this two-day workshop!
DATES: January 12 & 13, 2022
TIME: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
LOCATION: Virtual – WebEx details to follow
Another opportunity to attend Race, Racism in Healthcare & Social Services: Building Anti-racist Care Virtual Workshop!
December 1, 2021
Race, Racism in Healthcare & Social Services: Building Anti-racist Care An HSA Virtual Diversity Workshop
HSA is pleased to offer another opportunity to attend this two-day workshop virtually. Members are expected to attend the entirety of both days.
IMPORTANT UPDATE! Call for Applicants: 4th Annual HSA Young Workers Forum – December 15th
December 1, 2021
4TH ANNUAL HSA YOUNG WORKERS FORUMDECEMBER 15TH, 9AM-4PM ONLINE
Please note that the deadline to apply has been extended until December 5th
Essential Services Training workshops available
December 1, 2021
Essential Service Negotiations
Chief Steward Workshop/Planning Time
VARIOUS DATES: see options below TIME: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm LOCATION: Virtual – WebEx details to follow
HSA members look ahead to bargaining in 2022
November 25, 2021
Delegates to the HSA Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) Bargaining Proposal Conference this week have developed a set of bargaining objectives to take forward into negotiations in 2022. For the past three months, HSA chapters around the province held meetings to canvass members and vote on bargaining proposals to forward to the conference. More than 1000 proposals were submitted, and delegates to this week’s meeting reviewed them to set direction for the bargaining committee.
BC Federation of Labour: Mandatory paid sick leave a milestone, but five days inadequate
November 25, 2021
Today’s paid sick leave announcement by the BC government represents a significant milestone — but still falls short of providing the coverage sick workers need, BCFED President Laird Cronk said today.
“This is an important achievement for public health and safer workplaces,” Cronk said. “But we’re disappointed that it’s only half the 10-day standard that science supports and that is the overwhelming preference of British Columbians.”
HSA SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS DISPLACED BY FLOOD EMERGENCY
November 19, 2021
With BC entering the third state of provincial emergency of 2021, HSA is offering financial assistance to members who are being displaced from their homes due to overland flooding in Abbotsford, Merritt and Princeton.