CBA Bargaining update: Progress at the table, revised monetary offer

The CBA Bargaining Committee met with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) from January 19-23, 2026, in hopes of reaching a tentative agreement. This meeting followed our overwhelming strike vote in December.

We’re pleased to report meaningful progress at the table on non-monetary items, and HEABC has revised their monetary offer. While we believe the monetary offer will allow us to address some of the most prominent inequities between ourselves and the Facilities Bargaining Association, we need time to carefully review the full package before we can provide an accurate outline of the proposed compensation.

There are still many outstanding proposals. However, we feel sufficient progress has been made to continue bargaining, and we have two additional weeks of negotiations scheduled for February 2-6 and February 17-20.

Know that the strength of our strike vote – and the unyielding support of members – is what brought us to this point. Your acts of solidarity are making a difference! 

New CBA Bargaining Committee Member Delegate

This past summer 39 supportive housing agencies – including shelters and women’s transition housing – moved out of community social services and into the health sector.  As a result, the CBA welcomed 300 new HSA members. A call went out seeking nominations for new members to join the CBA bargaining committee so that issues unique to the work done in the supportive housing sector are represented in negotiations with the employer.

Manuela Lacentra, a Victim Service Worker at Haven Society, was elected to the CBA bargaining committee to represent members in the supportive housing sector. She is the lead steward at Haven Society. Manuela joins Nancy Martin as one of two HSA representatives on the committee.